| Name | CVE-2020-10870 |
| Description | Zim through 0.72.1 creates temporary directories with predictable names. A malicious user could predict and create Zim's temporary directories and prevent other users from being able to start Zim, resulting in a denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 954810 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| zim (PTS) | jessie | 0.62-3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.65-4 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.68-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.73.5-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.75.1-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.75.2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| zim | source | (unstable) | 0.72.1-1 | unimportant | | 954810 |
Notes
https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/1028
Negligible security impact