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CVE-2024-33602
nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings
High7.4EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- glibc
Description
nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache can corrupt memory when the NSS callback does not store all strings in the provided buffer. 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 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 2.15 – < 2.40
References (5)
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0008 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0012/ (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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