<p>Upgrade <code>Oracle:8</code> <code>libcap</code> to version 0:2.48-5.el8_8 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ELSA-2023-4524</code>.</p>

Memory Leak Affecting libcap package, versions <0:2.48-5.el8_8

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.05% (22^nd percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-LIBCAP-5836455
published 10 Aug 2023
disclosed 6 Jun 2023

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Introduced: 6 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-2602 Open this link in a new tab CWE-401 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 libcap to version 0:2.48-5.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-4524.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcap package and not the libcap package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.