The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, when processing a request for netgroup lookup, may crash due to a double-free, potentially resulting in degraded service or Denial of Service on the local system. This is related to netgroupcache.c.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 2.5 · gnu, fedoraproject, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 12:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 12
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LZNT6KTMCCWPWXEOGSHD3YLYZKUGMH5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7TS26LIZSOBLGJEZMJX4PXT5BQDE2WS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LZNT6KTMCCWPWXEOGSHD3YLYZKUGMH5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7TS26LIZSOBLGJEZMJX4PXT5BQDE2WS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27462 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html