CVE-2011-4355

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Gdb
PublishedMar 5, 2013
First seenMar 5, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu gdbv ≤ 7.4.1, 4.18, 5.0, 5.0.92, 5.0.93, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.7.1, 6.8, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.3.1, 7.4—

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