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 files such as Python scripts.

🔗 References (10)

• secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
• secalert@redhathttp://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
• secalert@redhathttp://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
• secalert@redhathttp://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191