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CVE-2005-1705 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18506	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11072	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18506	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11072	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu gdb	<= 6.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gdb::r2::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 25, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]