Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2024 · Assigned by glibc

CVE-2024-33599nscd: Stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity stack buffer overflow in glibc from The GNU C Library. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

nscd: Stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) fixed size cache is exhausted by client requests then a subsequent client request for netgroup data may result in a stack-based buffer overflow. 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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8compat-libpthread-nonshared2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:8glibc2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-all-langpacks2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-all-langpacks2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-benchtests2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-benchtests2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-common2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-common2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-devel2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-devel2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-doc2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-doc2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-gconv-extra2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-gconv-extra2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-headers2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-headers2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-aa2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-aa2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-af2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-af2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-agr2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-agr2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ak2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ak2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-am2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-am2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-an2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-an2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-anp2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-anp2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ar2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ar2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-as2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-as2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ast2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ast2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ayc2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ayc2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-az2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-az2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-be2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-be2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bem2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bem2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ber2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ber2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bg2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bg2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bhb2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bhb2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bho2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bho2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bi2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bi2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bn2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bn2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bo2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bo2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-br2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-br2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-brx2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-brx2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-bs2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-bs2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-byn2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-byn2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ca2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ca2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ce2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ce2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-chr2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-chr2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ckb2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-cmn2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-cmn2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-crh2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-crh2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-cs2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-cs2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-csb2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-csb2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-cv2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-cv2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-cy2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-cy2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-da2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-da2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-de2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-de2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-doi2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-doi2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-dsb2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-dsb2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-dv2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-dv2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-dz2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-dz2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-el2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-el2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-en2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-en2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-eo2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-eo2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-es2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-es2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-et2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-et2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-eu2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-eu2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-fa2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-fa2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ff2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ff2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-fi2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-fi2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-fil2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-fil2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-fo2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-fo2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-fr2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-fr2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-fur2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-fur2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-fy2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-fy2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ga2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ga2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-gd2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-gd2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-gez2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-gez2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-gl2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-gl2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-gu2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-gu2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-gv2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-gv2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ha2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ha2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hak2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hak2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-he2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-he2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hi2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hi2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hif2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hif2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hne2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hne2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hr2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hr2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hsb2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hsb2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ht2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ht2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hu2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hu2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-hy2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-hy2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ia2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ia2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-id2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-id2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ig2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ig2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ik2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ik2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-is2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-is2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-it2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-it2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-iu2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-iu2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ja2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ja2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ka2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ka2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-kab2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-kab2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-kk2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-kk2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-kl2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-kl2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-km2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-km2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-kn2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-kn2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ko2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ko2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-kok2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-kok2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ks2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ks2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ku2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ku2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-kw2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-kw2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339
AlmaLinux:8glibc-langpack-ky2.28-251.el8_10.2ALSA-2024:3344
AlmaLinux:9glibc-langpack-ky2.34-100.el9_4.2ALSA-2024:3339

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
The GNU C Library glibc 2.15 – before 2.40

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References