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CVE-2023-2602

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.

Published

2023-06-06T20:15:12.760

Last Modified

2024-11-21T07:58:54.713

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 3.3 (LOW)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-401
Type: Primary
CWE-401

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	libcap_project	libcap	2.66	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	11.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	12.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	37	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	38	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPEGCFMCN5KGCFX5Y2VTKR732TTD4ADW/ ([email protected])
https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf Exploit, Technical Description ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPEGCFMCN5KGCFX5Y2VTKR732TTD4ADW/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf Exploit, Technical Description (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)