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Posted on 12 September 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: libcap security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5071-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5071
Issue date: 2023-09-12
CVE Names: CVE-2023-2602 CVE-2023-2603
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1. Summary:
An update for libcap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6)
draft 15 capabilities.
Security Fix(es):
* libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup() (CVE-2023-2603)
* libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error (CVE-2023-2602)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2209113 - CVE-2023-2603 libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup()
2209114 - CVE-2023-2602 libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
aarch64:
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-9.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-9.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.s390x.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.s390x.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-9.el9_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.i686.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.i686.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-9.el9_2.i686.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-9.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source:
libcap-2.48-9.el9_2.src.rpm
aarch64:
libcap-2.48-9.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libcap-2.48-9.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libcap-2.48-9.el9_2.s390x.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.s390x.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libcap-2.48-9.el9_2.i686.rpm
libcap-2.48-9.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.i686.rpm
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-9.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.i686.rpm
libcap-debugsource-2.48-9.el9_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2602
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2603
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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