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CVE-2024-33601
nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure
High7.3EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- glibc
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 2.15 – < 2.40
References (5)
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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