Google: sys-libs/glibc: security update to 18244.85.5

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450493

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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.
(CVE-2024-33601)

Solution

Update the sys-libs/glibc library and its related packages to version 18244.85.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 450493

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33601

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-33601

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