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. (CAN-2005-0638) Additionally, the gentoo bug covers a few other issues. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762
This issue should affect RHEL3 and RHEL2.1 as well.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html