nscd is crashing

I ran an strace while starting nscd and it ended with saying

[root@pdc ~]# tail -n 30 /results.strace
18790 stat("/etc/group", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=716, ...}) = 0
18790 open("/var/db/nscd/hosts", O_RDWR) = 9
18790 open("/var/db/nscd/hosts", O_RDONLY) = 10
18790 stat("/etc/hosts", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=147, ...}) = 0
18790 chmod("/var/run/nscd/socket", 0666) = 0
18791 --- SIGRT_1 (Unknown signal 33) @ 0 (0) ---
18791 --- SIGRT_1 (Unknown signal 33) @ 0 (0) ---
18792 open("/proc/self/attr/current", O_RDONLY) = 14
18792 open("/selinux/access", O_RDWR)   = 14
18793 open("/proc/self/attr/current", O_RDONLY) = 14
18795 open("/proc/self/attr/current", O_RDONLY) = 14
18795 open("/etc/resolv.conf", O_RDONLY) = 14
18795 open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY)      = 14
18794 open("/proc/self/attr/current", O_RDONLY) = 14
18794 open("/etc/resolv.conf", O_RDONLY) = 14
18794 open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY)      = 14
18792 stat("/etc/passwd",  <unfinished ...>
18793 stat("/etc/group",  <unfinished ...>
18792 <... stat resumed> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1988, ...}) = 0
18793 <... stat resumed> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=716, ...}) = 0
18792 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY <unfinished ...>
18793 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY <unfinished ...>
18792 <... open resumed> )              = 13
18793 <... open resumed> )              = 14
18793 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
18791 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
18796 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
18797 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
18795 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
18794 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++