CVE-2005-0638

Published: 2 March 2005

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
xli Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1.17.0-21)
	edgy	Released (1.17.0-21)
	feisty	Released (1.17.0-21)
	upstream	Needs triage
xloadimage Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (4.1-16)
	edgy	Released (4.1-16)
	feisty	Released (4.1-16)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0638
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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