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.
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.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0007 | broken link |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0014/ | third party advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00026.html | third party advisory mailing list |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/22/5 | third party advisory mailing list |