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Ubuntu 25.10 Freeglut Important Memory Leak DoS USN-7870-1

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Calendar Grey November 18, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Important security issues in Freeglut resolved. Update Ubuntu for better stability and performance.
Several security issues were fixed in Freeglut.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Freeglut.

Software Description:

- freeglut: Free implementation of the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)

Details:

It was discovered that Freeglut incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a

memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important memory leak freeglut

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  libglut-dev                     3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
  libglut3.12                     3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 25.04
  libglut-dev                     3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1
  libglut3.12                     3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libglut-dev                     3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libglut3.12                     3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  freeglut3-dev                   2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  freeglut3-dev                   2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7870-1

CVE-2024-24258, CVE-2024-24259

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7870-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important memory leak freeglut

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeglut/3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeglut/3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1

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