VulnerabilityModified
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 remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via XDMCP connections, a different…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.84%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.84% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- gnome/gdm
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36553Vendor Advisory
- 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.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36553Vendor Advisory
- 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.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.