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Medium ALSA-2024:2366 2 CVEs

Moderate: freeglut security update

Published Apr 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

freeglut is a completely open source alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library with an OSI approved free software license.

Security Fix(es):

* freeglut: memory leak via glutAddSubMenu() function (CVE-2024-24258)
* freeglut: memory leak via glutAddMenuEntry() function (CVE-2024-24259)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 freeglut 3.2.1-10.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 freeglut-devel 3.2.1-10.el9

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24258
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24259
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2263939
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2263943
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2366.html