DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2698
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698
Upstream
Published
2004-12-31T05:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:05:31.420560Z
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / imwheel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0pre12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698.json"

Debian:12 / imwheel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0pre12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698.json"

Debian:13 / imwheel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0pre12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698.json"

Debian:14 / imwheel

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0pre12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2698.json"