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CVE-2005-1705

Published: May 24, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1705
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GdbGnu*6.3 (including)
Red Hat Desktop version 3RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatgdb-0:6.3.0.0-1.63*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1RedHat*
GdbUbuntudapper*
GdbUbuntudevel*
GdbUbuntuedgy*
GdbUbuntufeisty*
Gdb-docUbuntudevel*
Gdb-docUbuntuedgy*
Gdb-docUbuntufeisty*

References

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