Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libcap2 package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (19th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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SUSE
4.4 medium
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Red Hat
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBCAP2-5537070
  • published 16 May 2023
  • disclosed 6 Jun 2023

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 libcap2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcap2 package and not the libcap2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.