| 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) |
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 |
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 | | |
Notes
Unclear CVE assignment for packagekit, it was never clarified what is was about (see also #1060016)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256624
[stretch] - packagekit <ignored> (Minor issue)