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CVE-2009-2697

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2009-09-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnome GdmRedhat Enterprise Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References