Memory Leak Affecting libcap package, versions <2.66-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE317-LIBCAP-5537076
  • published16 May 2023
  • disclosed6 Jun 2023

Introduced: 16 May 2023

CVE-2023-2602  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 libcap to version 2.66-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcap package and not the libcap package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in the pthread_create() function in libcap. This issue may allow a malicious actor to use cause __real_pthread_create() to return an error, which can exhaust the process memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1