CVE catalog

CVE-2004-1000

lintian: CVE-2004-1000

Severity: Medium
Published: Jan 10, 2004, 5:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.35% · Oct 27, 2026

lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

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	lintian	sid	`2.143.0`	fixed
Debian	lintian	forky	`2.142.0`	fixed
Debian	lintian	trixie	`2.122.0`	fixed
Debian	lintian	bookworm	`2.116.3+deb12u1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	lintian	source	sid	`1.23.6`	low	Not reported	[286379]
Debian	lintian	source	forky	`1.23.6`	low	Not reported	[286379]
Debian	lintian	source	trixie	`1.23.6`	low	Not reported	[286379]
Debian	lintian	source	bookworm	`1.23.6`	low	Not reported	[286379]

[Debian bug #286379]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[lintian]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.116.3+deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.23.6
  dsa · lintian · debian · bookworm; dsa · lintian · debian · 12
- 2.116.3+deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.23.6
  dsa · lintian · debian · bookworm; dsa · lintian · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[lintian]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.122.0 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.23.6
  dsa · lintian · debian · 13
- 2.122.0 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.23.6
  dsa · lintian · debian · 13
[lintian-doc]Fixed
Source package: [lintian]
Details (2)
- 2.122.0 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.23.6
  dsa · lintian · debian · 13
- 2.122.0 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.23.6
  dsa · lintian · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:25 PM UTC

References

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