CVE-2024-55566

Summary

CVE-2024-55566 is a vulnerability affecting ColPack versions 1.0.10 through 9a7293a. This issue involves a predictable temporary file located in the /tmp directory, whose name is derived from an unseeded random number generator. An attacker can exploit this flaw to overwrite files or prevent other users from using ColPack's graphing functionality.

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