MGASA-2023-0205

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    MGASA-2023-0205

    Published: 28 Jun 2023Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated libcap packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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. (CVE-2023-2602) A vulnerability was found in libcap. This issue occurs in the _libcap_strdup() function and can lead to an integer overflow if the input string is close to 4GiB. (CVE-2023-2603)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0205.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31938, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/15/4, https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/release-notes-for-libcap#h.iuvg7sbjg8pe, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/16/2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6166-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libcap

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libcap?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.46-1.1.mga8

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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