CVE-2024-55566 (GCVE-0-2024-55566)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-04 14:30
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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.
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-335 - Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Assigner
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