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 local users to gain privileges via crafted...
MediumCVSS 6.9
EPSS 0.36%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/gdb(Debian:12) | < 7.6-1 | 7.6-1 |
| debian/gdb(Debian:13) | < 7.6-1 | 7.6-1 |
| debian/gdb(Debian:14) | < 7.6-1 | 7.6-1 |
| GNU gdb | <= 7.4.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 4.18 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.0 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.0.92 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.0.93 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.1.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.2 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.2.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 5.3 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.0 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.1.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.2 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.2.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.3 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.4 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.5 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.6 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.7 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.7.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 6.8 | No fix listed |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| GNU gdb | = 7.0 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 7.0.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 7.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 7.2 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 7.3 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 7.3.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU gdb | = 7.4 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2011-4355 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0522 vendor-advisory
- sourceware.org
- [gdb-patches] 20110429 Re: [RFA] Add $pdir as entry for libthread-db-search-path. mailing-list
- [gdb-patches] 20110506 Re: [RFA] Add $pdir as entry for libthread-db-search-path. mailing-list
- 1028191 vdb-entry