# 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 comp

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-03-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14459
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14462
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
- http://www.osvdb.org/14365

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