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CVE-2009-2697
The Red Hat build script for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.16.0-56 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP Wrapper support, which might allow…
Impact
The Red Hat build script for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.16.0-56 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP Wrapper support, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via XDMCP connections, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5079.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Gdm | through 2.16 Versions 0.7, 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, 2.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36553
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36219
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239818
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9586
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1364.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36553
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36219
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239818
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9586
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1364.html