Access Restriction Bypass Affecting gdb package, versions [,7.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GDB-2317791
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed5 Mar 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Mar 2013

CVE-2011-4355  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gdb to version 7.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1