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Package "freeglut"

Name: freeglut

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
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  • transitional package
  • OpenGL Utility Toolkit development files
  • OpenGL Utility Toolkit
Latest version: 3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
Release: questing (25.10)
Level: security
Repository: universe

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Version: 3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1 2025-11-19 09:07:16 UTC

  freeglut (3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1) questing-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Memory Leak Vulnerability
    - d/p/CVE-2024-24258-and-CVE-2024-24259.patch: Postpone allocating
      menuEntry until after the error checks, thereby plugging the memory
      leak.
    - CVE-2024-24258
    - CVE-2024-24259

 -- Shishir Subedi <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:38:43 +0545
CVE-2024-24258 freeglut 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddSubMenu function.
CVE-2024-24259 freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddMenuEntry function.


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