CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0638

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in xloadimage before version 4.1-r2 and xli before version 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 Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary commands on the server or workstation, leading to full system compromise, data theft, or malware installation.

Recommendation

Immediately update xloadimage to version 4.1-r2 or later and xli to version 1.17 or later. In the meantime, avoid processing compressed images from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS