CVE-2024-33602

nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings

At a glance

Severity
HIGH 7.4
EPSS
EPSS 0.40 % · percentile 34 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
glibc
NVD status
Modified

Description

nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache can corrupt memory when the NSS callback does not store all strings in the provided buffer. The flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd. This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
The GNU C Library · glibcaffected 2.15 < 2.40

References

Sources

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CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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