7.5

CVE-2005-0638: altlinux alt_linux

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:332DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0638
Published 04-03-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0638 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in altlinux alt_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.60%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-694-1DSA-695-1

Timeline

  1. 04-03-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.60% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • xli< 1.17.0-18
  • xloadimage< 4.1-14.1
Redhat2 products
  • xloadimage< 0:4.1-34.RHEL3 | < 0:4.1-34.RHEL4
  • xloadimage-debuginfo< 0:4.1-34.RHEL3 | < 0:4.1-34.RHEL4
Altlinux1 product
Suse1 product
  • suse_linux1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1:alpha | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3:alpha | 6.4 | 6.4:alpha | 7.0 | 7.0:alpha | 7.1 | 7.1:alpha | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.3
Xli1 product
  • xli1.14 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.17

5 vendors · 7 products

References

22 links
Show all 22 references