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.
Published: 2005-03-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0639 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.
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Altlinux Alt Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Suse Suse Linux
Xli Xli
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:21:06.451Z

Reserved: 2005-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0638

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-02T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0638

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-02-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0638 - Bugzilla

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