CVE-2009-2697

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnome
Status
Gdm
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 September 2009

Summary

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/...
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/36553
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239818
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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