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openSUSE: 2023:2956-1 Moderate: Libcap Integer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey July 25, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A crucial announcement regarding libcap addressing an integer overflow vulnerability that affects multiple SUSE distributions. Discover further details.
This update for libcap fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-2603: Fixed an integer overflow or wraparound in libcap/cap_alloc.c:_libcap_strdup() (bsc#1211419).

Description

This update for libcap fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-2603: Fixed an integer overflow or wraparound in

libcap/cap_alloc.c:_libcap_strdup() (bsc#1211419).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate patch integer overflow SUSE openSUSE libcap

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Moderate update use the SUSE recommended installation

methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.2-2023-2956=1

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-

Server-4.2-2023-2956=1

* SUSE Manager Server 4.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.2-2023-2956=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2023-2956=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-2956=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-2956=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-2956=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-RT-15-SP3-2023-2956=1

Package List

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 (x86_64)

* libcap2-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap2-32bit-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-progs-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap2-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-debugsource-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-devel-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 (x86_64)

* libcap2-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap2-32bit-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-progs-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap2-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-debugsource-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-devel-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libcap2-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-progs-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap2-debuginfo-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-debugsource-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* libcap-devel-2.26-150000.4.9.1

* SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (x86_64)

* libcap2-32bit-2.26-150000.4.9.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* #1211419

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2603.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211419

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2956-1
Rating: moderate

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