Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2024 · Assigned by glibc

CVE-2024-33602nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

nscd: netgroup cache assumes NSS callback uses in-buffer strings The Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) netgroup cache can corrupt memory when the NSS callback does not store all strings in the provided buffer. The 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-466 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References