First published: Wed Mar 02 2005(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
xli xli | =1.14 | |
xli xli | =1.15 | |
xli xli | =1.16 | |
xli xli | =1.17 | |
ALT Linux | =2.3 | |
ALT Linux | =2.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =1.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =2.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =3.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =4.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =4.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =4.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =4.4 | |
SUSE Linux | =4.4.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =5.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =5.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =5.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =5.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.1-alpha | |
SUSE Linux | =6.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.3-alpha | |
SUSE Linux | =6.4 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.4 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.4 | |
SUSE Linux | =6.4-alpha | |
SUSE Linux | =7.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.0-alpha | |
SUSE Linux | =7.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.1-alpha | |
SUSE Linux | =7.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =7.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =8.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =8.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =8.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =8.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =9.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =9.0 | |
SUSE Linux | =9.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =9.1 | |
SUSE Linux | =9.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =9.2 | |
SUSE Linux | =9.3 |
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CVE-2005-0638 is classified as a critical vulnerability due to its capability to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
To mitigate CVE-2005-0638, upgrade to xloadimage version 4.1-r2 or later, or xli version 1.17 or later.
CVE-2005-0638 affects xloadimage versions before 4.1-r2 and xli versions before 1.17, among others.
CVE-2005-0638 can enable attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames.
CVE-2005-0638 is a remote vulnerability that can be exploited from outside the target system.