{"id":"CVE-2024-33601","title":"nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure","summary":"nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure\n\nThe Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache uses xmalloc or\nxrealloc and these functions may terminate the process due to a memory\nallocation failure resul…","severity":"high","cvss":7.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cvssSource":"adp","cwe":["CWE-617"],"vendor":"The GNU C Library","product":"glibc","affected":["glibc >= 2.15 < 2.40"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-05-09T17:26:01.322253Z"},"published":"2024-05-06","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T00:40:38.807Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33601","references":[{"url":"https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/"},{"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":0.01075,"epssPercentile":0.64285,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T04:46:37.313Z","slug":"CVE-2024-33601","body":"## Overview\n\nnscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure\n\nThe Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache uses xmalloc or\nxrealloc and these functions may terminate the process due to a memory\nallocation failure resulting in a denial of service to the clients.  The\nflaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache 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":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":40.2,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}