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
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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 ↗