VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2697

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-09-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references