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Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libcap2 package, versions <1:2.66-4

0.0
high

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-DEBIAN12-LIBCAP2-5537069
  • published 16 May 2023
  • disclosed 6 Jun 2023
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Introduced: 16 May 2023

CVE-2023-2603 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libcap2 to version 1:2.66-4 or higher.

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:12 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.