Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting libcap-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.73-1.amzn2023.0.4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBCAPDEBUGINFO-13880766
  • published11 Nov 2025
  • disclosed29 Oct 2025

Introduced: 29 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-61725  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libcap-debuginfo to version 0:2.73-1.amzn2023.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1279.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcap-debuginfo package and not the libcap-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ParseAddress function constructs domain-literal address components through repeated string concatenation. When parsing large domain-literal components, this can cause excessive CPU consumption.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1