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title: "CVE-2004-1033\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-1033

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

Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions leak file descriptors of
open files, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions and read
fcron.allow and fcron.deny via the EDITOR environment variable.

## 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-2004-1033)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1033)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-1033)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1033)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1033>