CVE-2024-33600

moderate-risk
Published 2024-05-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.22% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (12)

Affected Vendors

Debian Gnu Netapp

References (8)

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-20240524-0013/
Broken Link https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0006
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-20240524-0013/
Broken Link https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0006
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 17/34 · Moderate