CVE-2024-33601 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-33601

nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

The GNU C Library

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Affected Software

glibc
Vulnerable Versions:
2.15

Timeline

Official Publish: May 6th, 2024
Last Modified: July 14th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-617

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact