CVE-2005-1705

Publication date 24 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gdb 7.04 feisty
Fixed 6.4.90.dfsg-1ubuntu3
6.10 edgy
Fixed 6.4.90.dfsg-1ubuntu3
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 6.4-1ubuntu5.1
gdb-doc 7.04 feisty
Fixed 6.4.90-1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 6.4.90-1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

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