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CVE-2024-33600

Published: May 6, 2024

Modified: May 12, 2026

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
The GNU C Library	glibc	affected `2.15 - < 2.40`

Weaknesses (CWE)

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

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