CVE-2005-0638

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability90. percentile3.6%
ProductXli
PublishedMar 2, 2005
First seenMar 2, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
xli xli1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17—
altlinux alt_linux2.3—
suse suse_linux1.0, 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—

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