Memory Leak Affecting libcap package, versions <0:2.48-5.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBCAP-5831994
  • published29 May 2023
  • disclosed16 May 2023

Introduced: 16 May 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 libcap to version 0:2.48-5.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:4524.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcap package and not the libcap package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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

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