DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0793
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793
Upstream
Published
2004-10-20T04:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:05:03.543783Z
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / bsdmainutils

Package

Name
bsdmainutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bsdmainutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793.json"

Debian:12 / bsdmainutils

Package

Name
bsdmainutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bsdmainutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793.json"

Debian:13 / bsdmainutils

Package

Name
bsdmainutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bsdmainutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793.json"

Debian:14 / bsdmainutils

Package

Name
bsdmainutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bsdmainutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0.15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0793.json"