CVE-2023-2602

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-2602
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-06 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-30 05:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Libcap Project Libcap 2.66 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2209114 – (CVE-2023-2602) CVE-2023-2602 libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report... MISC www.x41-dsec.de
FEDORA-2023-5911638116 lists.fedoraproject.org
FEDORA-2023-ad944c2d34 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160856 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libcap (ELSA-2023-4524)
  • 182594 Debian Security Update for libcap2 (CVE-2023-2602)
  • 199419 Ubuntu Security Notification for libcap2 Vulnerabilities (USN-6166-1)
  • 241931 Red Hat Update for libcap (RHSA-2023:4524)
  • 242600 Red Hat Update for libcap (RHSA-2023:7400)
  • 284778 Fedora Security Update for libcap (FEDORA-2023-5911638116)
  • 285129 Fedora Security Update for libcap (FEDORA-2023-ad944c2d34)
  • 355409 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libcap : ALAS2023-2023-195
  • 355596 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for libcap : ALAS2-2023-2136
  • 503009 Alpine Linux Security Update for libcap
  • 503010 Alpine Linux Security Update for libcap
  • 503012 Alpine Linux Security Update for libcap
  • 6140390 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for libcap (GHSA-8m3j-6pg3-5pcf)
  • 673624 EulerOS Security Update for libcap (EulerOS-SA-2023-2690)
  • 674077 EulerOS Security Update for libcap (EulerOS-SA-2023-2648)
  • 907033 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libcap (27064-1)
  • 941220 AlmaLinux Security Update for libcap (ALSA-2023:4524)
  • 941246 AlmaLinux Security Update for libcap (ALSA-2023:5071)
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