freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddMenuEntry function.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

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

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has freeglut packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0102 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the freeglut packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the     glutAddMenuEntry function.(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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS freeglut security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3120 advisory.

    [3.0.0-9]
    - Fix CVE-2024-24258 and CVE-2024-24259       Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25175       Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25177

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3120 advisory.

    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 8.10 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2024:3120 advisory.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2366 advisory.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2366 advisory.

    [3.2.1-10]
    - Fix CVE-2024-24258 and CVE-2024-24259       Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25176       Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25178

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2366 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-0356803680 advisory.

    Patch for CVE-2024-24258 and CVE-2024-24259

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-b69a4d75a1 advisory.

    Patch for CVE-2024-24258 and CVE-2024-24259

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257207	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-24259	Nessus	Misc.	high
242716	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : freeglut Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0168)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
238023	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : freeglut Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0090)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
236283	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0102: freeglut (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0102)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	high
207615	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : freeglut (EulerOS-SA-2024-2464)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
202971	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : freeglut (EulerOS-SA-2024-2026)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
198031	Oracle Linux 8 : freeglut (ELSA-2024-3120)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
197782	RHEL 8 : freeglut (RHSA-2024:3120)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
197672	CentOS 8 : freeglut (CESA-2024:3120)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
196965	Rocky Linux 9 : freeglut (RLSA-2024:2366)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
195061	Oracle Linux 9 : freeglut (ELSA-2024-2366)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
194796	RHEL 9 : freeglut (RHSA-2024:2366)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
190825	Fedora 38 : freeglut (2024-0356803680)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
190724	Fedora 39 : freeglut (2024-b69a4d75a1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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