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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RHSA-2023-5071 Moderate: Libcap Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Security Update for libcap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 addressing moderate level vulnerabilities, with patches and fixes implemented.
An update for libcap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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

Summary

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak integer overflow Red Hat Enterprise libcap

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

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

Read the Full Advisory


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

Topic

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 impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate memory leak integer overflow Red Hat Enterprise libcap

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

Bugs Fixed

2209113 - CVE-2023-2603 libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup()

2209114 - CVE-2023-2602 libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error

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