CVE-2024-33601

CVE-2024-33601: nscd: netgroup cache may terminate daemon on memory allocation failure

Vendor The Gnu C Library
Product glibc
Weakness CWE-617
Published May 6, 2024
Last update May 12, 2026

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 6, 2024 CVE published
May 12, 2026 Record updated