CVE-2005-0638

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0638
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-03-02 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionxloadimage 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Altlinux Alt Linux 2.3 All compact All
Operating System Altlinux Alt Linux 2.3 All junior All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 1.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 4.4.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.1 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.3 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All sparc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 All spa All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 All sparc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 All x86 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.1 alpha All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.2 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.3 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.3 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.3 All sparc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.2 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.3 All All All
Application Xli Xli 1.14 All All All
Application Xli Xli 1.15 All All All
Application Xli Xli 1.16 All All All
Application Xli Xli 1.17 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Xloadimage Compressed Images Filename Shell Command Injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/14365 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Gentoo Bug 79762 - media-gfx/{xloadimage,xli}: multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- xli, xloadimage: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
XLoadImage Compressed Image Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-695-1 xli af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - xli Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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