CVE catalog
CVE-2005-0638
xli: CVE-2005-0638
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.60% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xli | sid | 1.17.0+20061110-10.1 | fixed |
| Debian | xli | forky | 1.17.0+20061110-10.1 | fixed |
| Debian | xli | trixie | 1.17.0+20061110-10 | fixed |
| Debian | xli | bookworm | 1.17.0+20061110-8 | fixed |
| Debian | xloadimage | sid | 4.1-27 | fixed |
| Debian | xloadimage | forky | 4.1-27 | fixed |
| Debian | xloadimage | trixie | 4.1-26 | fixed |
| Debian | xloadimage | bookworm | 4.1-25 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xli | source | sid | 1.17.0-18 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xli | source | forky | 1.17.0-18 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xli | source | trixie | 1.17.0-18 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xli | source | bookworm | 1.17.0-18 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xloadimage | source | sid | 4.1-14.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [298926] |
| Debian | xloadimage | source | forky | 4.1-14.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [298926] |
| Debian | xloadimage | source | trixie | 4.1-14.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [298926] |
| Debian | xloadimage | source | bookworm | 4.1-14.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [298926] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [xli]Fixed
Details (2)
1.17.0+20061110-8· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.17.0-18dsa · xli · debian · bookworm; dsa · xli · debian · 12
1.17.0+20061110-8· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.17.0-18dsa · xli · debian · bookworm; dsa · xli · debian · 12
- [xloadimage]Fixed
Source package: [xloadimage]
Details (2)
4.1-25+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1-14.1dsa · xloadimage · debian · bookworm; dsa · xloadimage · debian · 12
4.1-25+b2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.1-14.1dsa · xloadimage · debian · bookworm; dsa · xloadimage · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [xli]Fixed
Details (2)
1.17.0+20061110-10· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.0-18dsa · xli · debian · 13
1.17.0+20061110-10· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.17.0-18dsa · xli · debian · 13
- [xloadimage]Fixed
Details (2)
4.1-26· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1-14.1dsa · xloadimage · debian · 13
4.1-26· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.1-14.1dsa · xloadimage · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:332]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0638]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-694-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0638]
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