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Debian: CVE-2024-33601: glibc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2024-33601: glibc -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/06/2024
Created
05/06/2024
Added
05/06/2024
Modified
05/08/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-glibc

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