Vulnerability · Published Apr 6, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-29465
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the flintqs package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
SageMath FlintQS 1.0 relies on pathnames under TMPDIR (typically world-writable), which (for example) allows a local user to overwrite files with the privileges of a different user (who is running FlintQS).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | flintqs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29465 |
| Debian:13 | flintqs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29465 |
| Debian:14 | flintqs | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29465 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | flintqs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29465 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | flintqs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29465 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | flintqs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29465 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | flintqs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29465 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | flintqs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29465 |