ubuntu-cve-2024-34490
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-05-05 03:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:09
Summary
Details
In Maxima through 5.47.0 before 51704c, the plotting facilities make use of predictable names under /tmp. Thus, the contents may be controlled by a local attacker who can create files in advance with these names. This affects, for example, plot2d.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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],
"aliases": [],
"details": "In Maxima through 5.47.0 before 51704c, the plotting facilities make use of predictable names under /tmp. Thus, the contents may be controlled by a local attacker who can create files in advance with these names. This affects, for example, plot2d.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-34490",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:09:03Z",
"published": "2024-05-05T03:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-34490"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34490"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3755/"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2024-34490"
]
}
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