| Name | CVE-2024-55566 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| colpack (PTS) | jessie | 1.0.9-3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.0.10-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.0.10-4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.0.10-5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.0.10-7 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.0.10-8 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| colpack | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225617
Negligible security impact with fs.protected_symlinks=1 being the standard in Debian