CVE-2024-33601
7.3
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-33601
To remediate CVE-2024-33601, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.31-13+deb11u10 or later
Is CVE-2024-33601 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.31-13+deb11u10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |