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[TLP:CLEAR] GNU glibc fixes 5 vulnerabilities

GNU fixes 5 vulnerabilities in the glibc product with version 2.40, 4 of which specifically affect nscd (Name Service Cache Daemon) [1]. OS releases and their fixed versions: Debian [2][3]: bullseye - 2.31-13+deb11u10 bookworm - 2.36-9+deb12u7 buster - 2.28-10+deb10u4 Ubuntu [4][5][6][7][8]: bionic - 2.27-3ubuntu1.6+esm2 focal - 2.31-0ubuntu9.15 jammy - 2.35-0ubuntu3.7 mantic - 2.38-1ubuntu6.2 noble - 2.39-0ubuntu8.1 Gentoo [9]: all architectures - 2.38-r13 Redhat: more information at [10] Slackware: more information at [11]

glibc - buffer overflow (CVE-2024-2961)
CVSS 7.3 (High)

An unauthenticated local attacker is allowed to cause a stack overflow, which may cause data corruption or an application crash [12].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • glibc; >=2.39, <2.40;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

More information:

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 17. 4. 2024.

glibc - buffer overflow (CVE-2024-33599)
CVSS 8.1 (High)

An unauthenticated local attacker is allowed to cause a stack overflow in nscd, which may cause data corruption or an application crash [13].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • glibc; >=2.15, <2.40;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

More information:

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 6. 5. 2024.

glibc - DoS (CVE-2024-33600)
CVSS 5.9 (Medium)

An unauthenticated remote attacker is allowed to cause a null pointer dereference in nscd, which may cause an application crash [14].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • glibc; >=2.15, <2.40;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

More information:

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 6. 5. 2024.

glibc - DoS (CVE-2024-33601)
CVSS 7.5 (High)

An unauthenticated remote attacker is allowed to cause incorrect memory allocation in nscd, which would cause an application crash [15].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • glibc; >=2.15, <2.40;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

More information:

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 6. 5. 2024.

glibc - memory corruption (CVE-2024-33602)
CVSS 8.6 (High)

An unauthenticated remote attacker is allowed to cause a stack overflow in nscd, which could cause data corruption or an application crash [16].

The vulnerability is present in product:

  • glibc; >=2.15, <2.40;

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

More information:

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 6. 5. 2024.


By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Martin Krajči on 24. 7. 2024.

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