{"id":"CVE-2024-33600","title":"nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response","summary":"nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response\n\nIf the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) cache fails to add a not-found\nnetgroup response to the cache, the client request can result in a null\npointer dereference.  This flaw was intr…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"adp","cwe":["CWE-476"],"vendor":"The GNU C Library","product":"glibc","affected":["glibc >= 2.15 < 2.40"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-05-07T19:13:16.760599Z"},"published":"2024-05-06","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T00:40:37.522Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33600","references":[{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0006"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0013/"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.01216,"epssPercentile":0.67996,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T04:46:37.313Z","slug":"CVE-2024-33600","body":"## Overview\n\nnscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response\n\nIf the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) cache fails to add a not-found\nnetgroup response to the cache, the client request can result in a null\npointer dereference.  This flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the\ncache was added to nscd.\n\nThis vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `glibc >= 2.15 < 2.40`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":33,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":32.5,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}