UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2603

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2603

    Published: 15 May 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-2603

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2603, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/15/4, https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf, https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/release-notes-for-libcap#h.iuvg7sbjg8pe, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6166-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6166-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2603

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libcap2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcap2@1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1

    Affected versions

    1:2.22-1.2ubuntu2

    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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