DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698

    Published: 31 Dec 2004Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2004-2698

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid file.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2698

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: imwheel

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.0pre12-1

    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