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Fencer Vulns
low 3.3

CVE-2024-0217 json

Packagekitd: use-after-free in idle function callback

published 2024-01-03 2 y ago modified 2026-11-06 3 d ago also EUVD-2024-16016

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagekit_project packagekit 1.2.7
  • PackageKit SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 1.1.13-150200.4.30.4
  • libyui SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 4.1.5-150300.3.10.5
  • zypper SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +6 more 1.14.69-150200.73.7
  • libzypp SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +8 more 17.32.2-150200.92.3
  • libyui-qt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 4.1.5-150300.3.10.5
  • libyui-qt-pkg SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE Installer Updates 15 SP2 +1 more 2.47.5-150200.3.4.4
  • libyui-qt-pkg SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Installer Updates 15 SP3 +2 more 4.1.5-150300.3.10.17
  • libyui-ncurses SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 4.1.5-150300.3.10.5

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2024:1202-1SUSE-SU-2024:1046-1SUSE-SU-2024:0966-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-0217 updated cvss 3.3

PackageKitd: Use-After-Free in Idle Function Callback

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 PackageKit, PackageKit-qt, PackageKit-yum, PackageKit-cron, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-gtk-module, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 PackageKit, PackageKit-yum, PackageKit-cron, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-yum-plugin, PackageKit-gtk3-module, +3 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 PackageKit, PackageKit-cron, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-gtk3-module, PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin, PackageKit-command-not-found Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 PackageKit, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-gtk3-module, PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin, PackageKit-command-not-found
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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