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CVE-2024-33601

Date: May 6, 2024

nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache uses xmalloc or xrealloc and these functions may terminate the process due to a memory allocation failure resulting in a denial of service to the clients. The flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd. This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33601
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-33601
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2024-33601

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

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