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 vulnerability than CVE-2007-5079.

Published: 2009-09-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2697 is rated Moderate Risk (40.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2697

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.53% 0.20% -0.33%
2 2025-03-29 0.19% 0.53% +0.34%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2697

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2697

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-2697

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2697
ubuntu negligible CVE-2009-2697 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gdm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): not-affected 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2697

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2697

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gdm <= 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.14 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.15 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2697

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