cve 2024 33601

CVE-2024-33601 is a vulnerability in the GNU C Library's Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd) that can cause nscd to abort upon memory allocation failure in the netgroup cache, leading to a local denial-of-service. This can result in authentication and name-lookup failures for dependent services. Microsoft's advisory confirms that Azure Linux is potentially affected, but the statement is specific to that product and does not guarantee other Microsoft products are unaffected. Administrators should apply mitigations as recommended for affected systems.