CVE-2024-55566

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-335: CWE-335 Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225617
• https://github.com/CSCsw/ColPack/blob/9a7293a8dfd66a60434496b8df5ebb4274d70339/src/Utilities/extra.cpp#L184-L190
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/335.html

• ←Previous
• Next→