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CVE-2024-33601

nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure

The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache uses xmalloc or xrealloc and these functions may terminate the process due to a memory allocation failure resulting in a denial of service to the clients. The flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.

This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.

  • Published: May 6, 2024
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2024-33601
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.3
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / glibc 2.15 2.40
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x