CVE-2004-0395

NameCVE-2004-0395
DescriptionThe xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-509

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gatos (PTS)bullseye0.0.5-19.1fixed
bookworm0.0.5-19.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gatossourcewoody0.0.5-6woody1DSA-509
gatossource(unstable)0.0.5-12
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