CVE-2011-4355

Name	CVE-2011-4355
Description	GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gdb (PTS)	buster	8.2.1-2	fixed
	bullseye	10.1-1.7	fixed
	bookworm	13.1-3	fixed
	sid, trixie	13.2-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
gdb	source	(unstable)	7.6-1	unimportant

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703238
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=HEAD (lists "auto-load safe-path" under "Changes in GDB 7.5")