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CVE-2024-33599

HIGH
Published 2024-05-06T19:21:54.314Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.004
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.613
Higher than 61.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

nscd: Stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache

If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) fixed size cache is exhausted
by client requests then a subsequent client request for netgroup data
may result in a stack-based buffer overflow. This flaw was introduced
in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.

This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

The GNU C Library

glibc

Affected Versions:

2.15

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-9gvm-vcgf-x5xw

Advisory Details

nscd: Stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) fixed size cache is exhausted by client requests then a subsequent client request for netgroup data may result in a stack-based buffer overflow. This flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd. This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33599
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0011
WEB https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0005
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 6, 2024, Modified: March 26, 2025

References

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0005
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0011/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5
Published: 2024-05-06T19:21:54.314Z
Last Modified: 2025-03-26T20:40:00.393Z
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