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Unscored RHSA-2005:709 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: gdb security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as gdb 0:6.3.0.0-1.63
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::as gdb-debuginfo 0:6.3.0.0-1.63
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop gdb 0:6.3.0.0-1.63
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::desktop gdb-debuginfo 0:6.3.0.0-1.63
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es gdb 0:6.3.0.0-1.63
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::es gdb-debuginfo 0:6.3.0.0-1.63
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws gdb 0:6.3.0.0-1.63
Red Hat · RHEL 4 enterprise_linux:4::ws gdb-debuginfo 0:6.3.0.0-1.63

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2005-1704

    Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other…

    gdb Debian
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2005-1705

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

    gdb Debian

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=158680
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=158684
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=160339
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2005/rhsa-2005_709.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1704
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617660
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1704
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1704
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1705
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617661
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1705
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1705