USN135-1 : gdb vulnerabilities
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Article ID: 20526
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Views: 355
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
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USN135-1 : gdb vulnerabilities |
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| Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
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| Family | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
| Plugin ID | 20526 |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2005-1704
CVE-2005-1705
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| Description: |
Synopsis :
The remote package "gdb" is missing a security patch.
Description :
Tavis Ormandy found an integer overflow in the GNU debugger. By
tricking an user into merely load a specially crafted executable, an
attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running gdb. However, loading untrusted
binaries without actually executing them is rather uncommon, so the
risk of this flaw is low. (CVE-2005-1704)
Tavis Ormandy also discovered that gdb loads and executes the file
".gdbinit" in the current directory even if the file belongs to a
different user. By tricking an user into run gdb in a directory with a
malicious .gdbinit file, a local attacker could exploit this to run
arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user invoking gdb.
(CVE-2005-1705)
Solution :
Upgrade to :
- gdb-6.3-5ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 5.04)
Risk factor : High
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