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CVE-2024-33601

HIGH
Published 2024-05-06T19:22:07.763Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.117
Higher than 11.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

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

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW

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.

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
gnu

glibc

Affected Versions:

2.15

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-f4cf-2w52-c853

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 6, 2024, Modified: February 21, 2025

References

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5
Published: 2024-05-06T19:22:07.763Z
Last Modified: 2025-03-18T13:55:13.348Z
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