CVE-2024-33601

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.

• CWE-617

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007Broken Link
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html

Published

May 6, 2024

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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