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CVE-2005-0638
xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14459
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14462
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
- http://www.osvdb.org/14365
Affected Vendor
Affected Software
xli, alt linux, suse linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 2.3, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 4th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.