Do not call escapeshellarg() on the description, pretty strange. We use

DBQuoteSpecial() on it already, and we avoid lots of backslashes!

backend/editimageid.in

 #!/usr/bin/perl -wT
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2000-2016 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# Copyright (c) 2000-2017 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
 # 
 # {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
 # 
@@ -337,10 +337,6 @@ if ((exists($editimageid_args{"description"}) ?
      $image->description() eq "")) {
     UserError("Description: Missing Field");
 }
-if (exists($editimageid_args{"description"})) {
-    $editimageid_args{"description"} = 
-	escapeshellarg($editimageid_args{"description"});
-}
 
 #
 # Path must not be blank.