CVE-2009-2697
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2009-09-04 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (gdm) | ELSA-2009-1364 | 2009-09-08 |
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