The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3344 advisory.

    The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread     libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service     cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these     libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

    Security Fix(es):

    * glibc: stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache (CVE-2024-33599)

    * glibc: null pointer dereferences after failed netgroup cache insertion     (CVE-2024-33600)

    * glibc: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure     (CVE-2024-33601)

    * glibc: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings     (CVE-2024-33602)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 8 : glibc (RHSA-2024:3344)

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Version 1.7 Mar 27, 2025, 11:10 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.1) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-33602" to none) Plugin Feed: 202503271110
Version 1.6 Feb 14, 2025, 9:10 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.4) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Plugin Feed: 202502140910
Version 1.5 Jan 24, 2025, 6:48 PM New Plugin Feed: 202501241848
Version 1.4 Nov 7, 2024, 2:36 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411071436
Version 1.3 Nov 5, 2024, 9:32 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 9.0) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411052132
Version 1.2 Jul 3, 2024, 6:50 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 8.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2024-33602") Plugin Feed: 202407030650
Version 1.1 May 24, 2024, 4:00 AM New Plugin Feed: 202405240400