Null pointer crashes after notfound response
CVE-2024-33600
5.9MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
- The Gnu C Library
- Status
- Glibc
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 6 May 2024
Summary
nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response
If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) cache fails to add a not-found netgroup response to the cache, the client request can result in a null pointer dereference. This flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd.
This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.
Affected Version(s)
glibc 2.15 < 2.40
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved