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Fedora 41 ColPack Release: Important CVE-2024-55566 Critical Update

Fix for CVE-2024-55566.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-d6b79ab292 2024-12-19 04:06:20.748012+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : ColPack Product : Fedora 41 Version : 1.0.10 Release : 25.fc41 URL : Summary : Algorithms for specialized vertex coloring problems Description : ColPack is a package comprising of implementation of algorithms for specialized vertex coloring problems that arise in sparse derivative computation. It is written in an object-oriented fashion heavily using the Standard Template Library (STL). It is designed to be simple, modular, extendable and efficient. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fix for CVE-2024-55566. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Mon Dec 9 2024 Björn Esser - 1.0.10-25 - Fix CVE-2024-55566 Fixes: rhbz#2331064 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2331064 - CVE-2024-55566 colpack: predictable /tmp file due to unseeded RNG usage in displayGraph() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2331064 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-d6b79ab292' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Significant patch for Fedora's ColPack resolves an anticipated file concern arising fromuninitialized RNG implementation.. Fedora updates, ColPack security, predictable file issue, software vulnerabilities. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 19, 2024 •Important Fedora