CVE-2009-2697

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2697
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-04 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-19 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gdm 0.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 1.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 0.7 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 1.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.13 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.15 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.3 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.4 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.5 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.6 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.8 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for gdm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat GNOME Display Manager Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
239818 – (CVE-2009-2697) CVE-2009-2697 gdm not built with tcp_wrappers CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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