Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
- http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
- http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
- http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191