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title: "CVE-2005-4533\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-4533

Publication date 28 December 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier,
when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled, allows local users to
execute arbitrary applications via "getopt" style argument specifications,
which are not filtered.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| scponly | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 4.6-1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 4.6-1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 4.6-1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4533)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4533)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-4533)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4533)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4533>