CVE-2024-33600

medium

Description

nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) cache fails to add a not-found netgroup response to the cache, the client request can result in a null pointer dereference. This flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd. This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.

References

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0006

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0013/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-06

Updated: 2024-07-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium