High severity · published May 6, 2024
CVE-2024-33601
nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure
7.3
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
glibc · The GNU C Library
2.15 before 2.40 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H610c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H610s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H615c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HB
Hci Bootstrap OS · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5; V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33601
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33601
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/
Broken Link
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
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