CVE-2023-2603

libcap2: A vulnerability was found in libcap

CVE-2023-2603 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by libcap2 1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1, released May 14, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0058
47th percentile

A vulnerability was found in libcap. This issue occurs in the _libcap_strdup() function and can lead to an integer overflow if the input string is close to 4GiB.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libcap · RHEL 8 0:2.48-5.el8_8 RHSA-2023:4524 Aug 8, 2023
libcap · RHEL 9 0:2.48-9.el9_2 RHSA-2023:5071 Sep 12, 2023
libcap · almalinux 8 2.48-5.el8_8 ALSA-2023:4524 Aug 8, 2023
libcap · almalinux 9 2.48-9.el9_2 ALSA-2023:5071 Sep 12, 2023
libcap · ol 8 0:2.48-5.el8_8 ELSA-2023-4524 Aug 9, 2023
libcap · ol 9 0:2.48-9.el9_2 ELSA-2023-5071 Sep 13, 2023
libcap · rocky 8 0:2.48-5.el8_8 RLSA-2023:4524 Aug 24, 2023
libcap-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.48-5.el8_8 RHSA-2023:4524 Aug 8, 2023
libcap-devel · RHEL 9 0:2.48-9.el9_2 RHSA-2023:5071 Sep 12, 2023
libcap-devel · almalinux 8 2.48-5.el8_8 ALSA-2023:4524 Aug 8, 2023
libcap-devel · almalinux 9 2.48-9.el9_2 ALSA-2023:5071 Sep 12, 2023
libcap-devel · ol 8 0:2.48-5.el8_8 ELSA-2023-4524 Aug 9, 2023
libcap-devel · ol 9 0:2.48-9.el9_2 ELSA-2023-5071 Sep 13, 2023
libcap2 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:2.66-4 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2603 Jun 6, 2023
libcap2 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:2.66-4 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2603 Jun 6, 2023
libcap2 · Debian 14 1:2.66-4 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2603 Jun 6, 2023
libcap2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1 libcap2 1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1 May 14, 2023
libcap2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1 libcap2 1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1 May 14, 2023
libcap2 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 libcap2 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 14, 2023
libcap2-bin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1 libcap2-bin 1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1 May 14, 2023
libcap2-bin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1 libcap2-bin 1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1 May 14, 2023
libcap2-bin · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 libcap2-bin 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 14, 2023
libpam-cap · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1 libpam-cap 1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1 May 14, 2023
libpam-cap · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1 libpam-cap 1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1 May 14, 2023
libpam-cap · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 libpam-cap 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 May 14, 2023

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