DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2303
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303
Upstream
Published
2004-12-31T05:00:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:39.475895Z
Summary
[none]
Details

MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mtools

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303.json"

Debian:12 / mtools

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303.json"

Debian:13 / mtools

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303.json"

Debian:14 / mtools

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2303.json"