Memory Leak Affecting libcap2 package, versions <1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (21st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-LIBCAP2-5538282
- published 17 May 2023
- disclosed 6 Jun 2023
Introduced: 17 May 2023
CVE-2023-2602 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04
libcap2
to version 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:22.04
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-2602
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPEGCFMCN5KGCFX5Y2VTKR732TTD4ADW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT/