DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0638

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0638
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0638.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0638
Upstream
Published
2005-03-02T05:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-24T23:52:28.932935Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

xli

Package

Name
xli
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xli?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.0-18

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

xloadimage

Package

Name
xloadimage
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xloadimage?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1-14.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

xli

Package

Name
xli
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xli?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.0-18

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

xloadimage

Package

Name
xloadimage
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xloadimage?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1-14.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

xli

Package

Name
xli
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xli?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.0-18

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

xloadimage

Package

Name
xloadimage
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xloadimage?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1-14.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

xli

Package

Name
xli
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xli?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.0-18

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

xloadimage

Package

Name
xloadimage
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xloadimage?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1-14.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}