Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting glibc-langpack-ps package, versions <0:2.28-225.el8_8.11


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GLIBCLANGPACKPS-7030622
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed24 Apr 2024

Introduced: 24 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-33601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-703  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 glibc-langpack-ps to version 0:2.28-225.el8_8.11 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3312.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-ps package and not the glibc-langpack-ps package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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