Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-4524

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-4524.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates//libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2023-2602
CVE-2023-2603




Description of changes:

[2.48-5]
- Fix integer overflow in _libcap_strdup() (CVE-2023-2603)
  Resolves: rhbz#2210637
- Correctly check pthread_create() return value to avoid memory leak (CVE-2023-2602)
  Resolves: rhbz#2210644


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Oracle8: ELSA-2023-4524: libcap security Moderate Security Update

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.48-5] - Fix integer overflow in _libcap_strdup() (CVE-2023-2603) Resolves: rhbz#2210637 - Correctly check pthread_create() return value to avoid memory leak (CVE-2023-2602) Resolves: rhbz#2210644

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates//libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm

x86_64

libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm

i386

Severity
Related CVEs: CVE-2023-2602 CVE-2023-2603

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