RHSA-2024:2366 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeglut security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 9

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · April 30, 2024

Updated · March 18, 2026

Topic

An update for freeglut is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2024:2366 — Red Hat Security Advisory: freeglut security update | PulseLinux