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medium 6.8

CVE-2009-2697 json

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 suppor…

published 2009-09-04 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2689

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • gdm RHEL 5 1:2.16.0-56.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1364

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-2697 updated cvss 4.3

gdm not built with tcp_wrappers

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gdm 2.16.0-56.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gdm 2.16.0-56.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1364

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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