CVE-2005-0638

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    CVE-2005-0638

    Published: 2 Mar 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695, http://secunia.com/advisories/14459, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf, 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

    Affected packages

    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
    CVE-2005-0638 | CVE-DB