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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-2697

CVE-2009-2697

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.

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Affected products

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  • GNOME Foundation/Gdm13 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.16
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/GDMllm-create
    Range: <2.16.0-56

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