| Name | CVE-2024-50610 |
| Description | GSL (GNU Scientific Library) through 2.8 has an integer signedness error in gsl_siman_solve_many in siman/siman.c. When params.n_tries is negative, incorrect memory allocation occurs. |
| 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 | 1086206 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gsl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.16+dfsg-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.3+dfsg-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.5+dfsg-6+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.6+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.7.1+dfsg-5 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.8+dfsg-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gsl | source | (unstable) | 2.8+dfsg-4 | | | 1086206 |
Notes
[bookworm] - gsl <ignored> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - gsl <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gsl/2024-09/msg00000.html
[buster] - gsl <postponed> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - gsl <postponed> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - gsl <postponed> (Minor issue)