CVE catalog

CVE-2004-0395

gatos: CVE-2004-0395

Severity: Medium
Published: May 29, 2004, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.41% · Oct 25, 2026

The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	gatos	trixie	`0.0.5-22`	fixed
Debian	gatos	bookworm	`0.0.5-19.2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	gatos	source	trixie	`0.0.5-12`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	gatos	source	bookworm	`0.0.5-12`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[gatos]Fixed
Details (1)
- 0.0.5-22 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.0.5-12
  dsa · gatos · debian · 13
[libgatos0]Fixed
Source package: [gatos]
Details (1)
- 0.0.5-22 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.0.5-12
  dsa · gatos · debian · 13
[libgatos-dev]Fixed
Source package: [gatos]
Details (1)
- 0.0.5-22 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.0.5-12
  dsa · gatos · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:20 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]