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    CVE-2005-0638

    xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command.

    Published:Feb 18, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Mar 4, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.02388
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Altlinux
    Product
    Alt Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux
    Vendor
    Xli
    Product
    Xli

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2005-0699 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple buffer overflows in the dissect_a11_radius function in the CDMA A11 (3G-A11) dissector (packet-3g-a11…
    CVE-2005-0667 (CVSS 5.1) — Buffer overflow in Sylpheed before 1.0.3 and other versions before 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute ar…
    CVE-2005-0639 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple vulnerabilities in xli before 1.17 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "buffer m…
    CVE-2005-0605 (CVSS 7.5) — scan.c for LibXPM may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative bitmap_unit value that leads to…
    CVE-2004-1145 (CVSS 5) — Multiple vulnerabilities in Konqueror in KDE 3.3.1 and earlier (1) allow access to restricted Java classes via…
    CVE-2004-1139 (CVSS 5) — Unknown vulnerability in the DICOM dissector in Ethereal 0.10.4 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to caus…
    CVE-2004-1142 (CVSS 5) — Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a cer…

    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14459
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14462
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
    http://www.osvdb.org/14365
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14459
    http://secunia.com/advisories/14462
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
    http://www.osvdb.org/14365
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High