DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793

    Published: 20 Oct 2004Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2004-0793

    Summary:

    Details: The calendar program in bsdmainutils 6.0 through 6.0.14 does not drop root privileges when executed with the -a flag, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a calendar event file.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0793

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bsdmainutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/bsdmainutils?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0.15

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High