CVE-2024-55566

medium

Description

ColPack 1.0.10 through 9a7293a has a predictable temporary file (located under /tmp with a name derived from an unseeded RNG). The impact can be overwriting files or making ColPack graphing unavailable to other users.

References

https://github.com/CSCsw/ColPack/blob/9a7293a8dfd66a60434496b8df5ebb4274d70339/src/Utilities/extra.cpp#L184-L190

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/335.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225617

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-12-09

Updated: 2024-12-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H