CVE-2024-34490

Name	CVE-2024-34490
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
maxima (PTS)	buster	5.42.1-1	vulnerable
	bullseye	5.44.0-3	vulnerable
	sid, trixie, bookworm	5.46.0-11	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
maxima	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

[bookworm] - maxima <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - maxima <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - maxima <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/3755/