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🛡️ CVE-2024-33601 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 7.3 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-617 NVD
7.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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 this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-33601 is classified as CWE-617: Reachable Assertion. The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected software

CVE-2024-33601 is recorded against 11 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • glibc (from 2.15 up to 2.40)
  • h300s-firmware
  • h410c-firmware
  • h410s-firmware
  • h500s-firmware
  • h610c-firmware
  • h610s-firmware
  • h615c-firmware
  • h700s-firmware
  • hci-bootstrap-os

Timeline and source

Published on 6 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.openwall.com
lists.debian.org
security.netapp.com
sourceware.org
www.openwall.com
lists.debian.org
security.netapp.com
sourceware.org
cert-portal.siemens.com

Other advisories for this package

debian-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-617: Reachable Assertion) in other software:

CVE-2024-33601 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-617
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
glibc 2.15 2.40
h300s-firmware
h410c-firmware
h410s-firmware
h500s-firmware
h610c-firmware
h610s-firmware
h615c-firmware
h700s-firmware
hci-bootstrap-os

References

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