Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) Affecting CSCsw/ColPack package, versions [1.0.10,]
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- published9 Dec 2024
- disclosed9 Dec 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 9 Dec 2024
CVE-2024-55566 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for CSCsw/ColPack.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) due to the use of a predictable temporary file name derived from an unseeded random number generator. An attacker can overwrite files or disrupt the availability of ColPack graphing for other users by predicting and manipulating the temporary file names.