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CVE-2024-33600

MEDIUM
Published 2024-05-06T19:22:02.726Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.9
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.435
Higher than 43.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

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

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response

If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) cache fails to add a not-found
netgroup response to the cache, the client request can result in a null
pointer dereference. 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 MODERATE

GHSA-jv3g-6pg3-v9j8

Advisory Details

nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) cache fails to add a not-found netgroup response to the cache, the client request can result in a null pointer dereference. 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

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33600
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0013
WEB https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0006
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 27, 2025

References

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0006
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0013/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5
Published: 2024-05-06T19:22:02.726Z
Last Modified: 2025-03-27T14:41:14.484Z
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