Executive Summary



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Summary
Title gdb vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-135-1 First vendor Publication 2005-05-27
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2005-05-27
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)

The following packages are affected:

gdb

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 6.1-3ubuntu0.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 6.3-5ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

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. (CAN-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. (CAN-2005-1705)

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-135-1

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id Name
CAPEC-38 Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11072
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11072
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-1705
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9071
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9071
Title: Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Description: Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-1704
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 16

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200505-15 (gdb)
File : nvt/glsa_200505_15.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-01 (binutils)
File : nvt/glsa_200506_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
16870 binutils BFD Library Local Overflow

A local overflow exists in binutils. The BFD library fails to validate user supplied input resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted file, an attacker can gain escalated privileges resulting in a loss of confidentiality.
16758 GDB Initialisation File Sourcing Insecure File Handling

GDB, the GNU debugger contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when the GDB reads the .gdbinit file from the current working directory. If a privileged user can be tricked to run GDB in another user's directory, and the current working directory contains a malicious .gdbinit, an attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-673.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-709.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-498.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-08-30 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0354.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-08-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0354.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-21 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0368.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0368.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-659.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-136-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-135-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-215.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-28 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-1033.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-28 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-1032.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-763.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-801.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-673.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-709.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-659.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-06-29 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2005-497.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-06-02 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200506-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-095.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-28 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200505-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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