| Name | CVE-2024-0217 |
| Description | A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1060016 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| packagekit (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.1-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.5-2+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.1.12-5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.2.2-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.2.6-5 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 1.2.8-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| packagekit | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| packagekit | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1060016 |
Notes
[bookworm] - packagekit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - packagekit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - packagekit <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624
Reducing impact via: https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commit/64278c9127e3333342b56ead99556161f7e86f79 (v1.2.7)
[stretch] - packagekit <ignored> (Minor issue)