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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2005-1705 json

gdb before 6.3 searches the current working directory to load the .gdbinit configuration file, which allows local users to execute arbitrar…

published 2005-05-24 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1707

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gdb Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.3-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1705

  • gdb RHEL 4 6.3.0.0-1.63

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:709

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-1705 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2005:675
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:709
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:801
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2005:675
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:709
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:801
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2005:675
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gdb 6.3.0.0-1.63
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:709
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  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:801

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Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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