VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0638
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.60%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.60% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xli/xli · altlinux/alt linux · suse/suse linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14459Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14462Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/14365
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14459Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14462Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/14365
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.