ALSA-2023:5071

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    ALSA-2023:5071

    Published: 12 Sept 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: libcap security update

    Details: Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities. Security Fix(es): * libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup() (CVE-2023-2603) * libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error (CVE-2023-2602) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5071, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2602, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2603, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209113, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209114, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5071.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libcap

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/libcap

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.48-9.el9_2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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