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USN-6804-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Product/Component

Operations Manager

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Notification Id

24746

Last Updated

22 August 2024

Initial Publication Date

22 August 2024

Status

CLOSED

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score

WorkAround

Affected CVE

CVE-2024-33599;CVE-2024-33600;CVE-2024-33601;CVE-2024-33602

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

Cflinuxfs3
Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

It was discovered that GNU C Library nscd daemon contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-33599) It was discovered that GNU C Library nscd daemon did not properly check the cache content, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-33600) It was discovered that GNU C Library nscd daemon did not properly validate memory allocation in certain situations, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-33601) It was discovered that GNU C Library nscd daemon did not properly handle memory allocation, which could lead to memory corruption. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-33602) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6804-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: glibc-doc - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 glibc-source - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc-bin - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc-dev-bin - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-amd64 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-armel - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-dev - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-dev-amd64 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-dev-armel - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-dev-i386 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-dev-s390 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-dev-x32 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-i386 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-pic - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-s390 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 libc6-x32 - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 locales - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 locales-all - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 multiarch-support - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 nscd - 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro.

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