MGASA-2024-0165 - Updated freeglut packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 09 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0165.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-24258,
     CVE-2024-24259

freeglut 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry
variable in the glutAddSubMenu function. (CVE-2024-24258)
freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the
menuEntry variable in the glutAddMenuEntry function. (CVE-2024-24259)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33167
- https://lwn.net/Articles/971670/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24258
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24259

SRPMS:
- 9/core/freeglut-3.4.0-1.1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0165: freeglut Security Advisory Updates

freeglut 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddSubMenu function

Summary

freeglut 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddSubMenu function. (CVE-2024-24258) freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddMenuEntry function. (CVE-2024-24259)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33167

- https://lwn.net/Articles/971670/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24258

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24259

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0165 - Updated freeglut packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/freeglut-3.4.0-1.1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 09 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0165.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-24258, CVE-2024-24259

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