CVE-2005-1705

gdb before 6.3 searches the current working directory to load the .gdbinit configuration file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as the user running gdb.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-05-24

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Gdb (Gnu)

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17072
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17356
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18506
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11072