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Security Bulletin: DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to buffer overflow due to the nsdc package

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Summary

Ncsd is used by DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data as part of the name service lookup.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-33599
DESCRIPTION:   nscd: Stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache If the Name Service Cache Daemon's (nscd) fixed size cache is exhausted by client requests then a subsequent client request for netgroup data may result in a stack-based buffer overflow. This flaw was introduced in glibc 2.15 when the cache was added to nscd. This vulnerability is only present in the nscd binary.
CWE:   CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CVSS Source:   IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score:   7.6
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data5.0.0

 

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data version 5.0.1 and subsequent releases. Here is the detailed information on Upgrading IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/Instructions
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data5.0.0Upgrade Cloud Pak for Data to version 5.0.1 or higher

 

  

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Acknowledgement

Change History

10 Mar 2025: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 March 2025

Initial Publish date:
10 March 2025

UID

ibm17185254