6.8

CVE-2009-2697: gnome gdm Improper Authentication

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2009:1364
Published 04-09-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2697 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in gnome gdm. EPSS estimates a 1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.84%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-09-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.84% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.84%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
  • gdm< 1:2.16.0-56.el5
  • gdm-debuginfo< 1:2.16.0-56.el5
  • gdm-docs< 1:2.16.0-56.el5
Gnome1 product
  • gdm≤ 2.16 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.13 | 2.14 | 2.15

2 vendors · 4 products

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