CVE-2024-55566

Published: Dec 9, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.6

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.3 / Impact: 5.2

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-335

Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) but does not correctly manage seeds.

References (3)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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