CVE-2005-1705 (GCVE-0-2005-1705)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-05-24 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:59
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/18506 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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http://secunia.com/advisories/17356 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2005-05-20 00:00
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