nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure
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.
CVE-2024-33601
Primary source · Revision 1
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Source reference: cve:CVE-2024-33601
glibc
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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[
{
"vendor": "The GNU C Library",
"product": "glibc",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.15",
"lessThan": "2.40",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2024-33601
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- #26507 · Revision 1
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