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

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450663

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2024-33600)

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450663

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: 5

Percentile: 93.2

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-2024-33600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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-2024-33600

Detections

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