| Name | CVE-2024-30949 |
| Description | An issue in newlib v.4.3.0 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the time unit scaling in the _gettimeofday function. |
| 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 |
|---|
| newlib (PTS) | jessie | 2.1.0+git20140818.1a8323b-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.4.0.20160527-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.1.0.20181231-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.3.0-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.3.0-1.3+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.4.0.20231231-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| newlib | source | (unstable) | 4.4.0.20231231-2 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;h=5f15d7c5817b07a6b18cbab17342c95cb7b42be4 (newlib-4.4.0)
Only affects riscv, which is still WIP