NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting glibc-langpack-dv package, versions <0:2.26-64.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCLANGPACKDV-8545344
  • published20 Dec 2024
  • disclosed6 May 2024

Introduced: 6 May 2024

CVE-2024-33600  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-langpack-dv to version 0:2.26-64.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2718.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-dv package and not the glibc-langpack-dv package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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