CVE-2024-34490

Published: 5 May 2024

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
maxima Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	mantic	Needs triage
	noble	Needs triage
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34490
https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3755/
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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