Fedora 41: ColPack 2024-d6b79ab292 Security Advisory Updates
Summary
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.
Change Log
* Mon Dec 9 2024 Björn Esser
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
Update Instructions
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