medium6.9
CVE-2011-4355
GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows l…
Impact
GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Gdb | through 7.4.1 Versions 4.18, 5.0, 5.0.92, 5.0.93, 5.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
- http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
- http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191