Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0638
CVE-2005-0638
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.
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Affected products
58cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 49 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:spa:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <4.1-r2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- secunia.com/advisories/14459nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/14462nvdVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695nvdVendor Advisory
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdfnvd
- www.osvdb.org/14365nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898nvd
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