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title: "CVE-2004-1030\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-1030

Publication date 1 March 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

fcronsighup in Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions allows
local users to gain sensitive information by calling fcronsighup with an
arbitrary file, which reveals the contents of the file that can not be
parsed in an error message.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fcron | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 3.0.0-2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 3.0.0-2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 3.0.0-2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1030)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1030)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-1030)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1030)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1030>