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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
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
Timeline
- Published
- Mar 2, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified