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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-2602: Moderate: libcap security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 6, 2023
Added
Aug 9, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in the pthread_create() function in libcap. This issue may allow a malicious actor to use cause __real_pthread_create() to return an error, which can exhaust the process memory.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-libcapcentos-upgrade-libcap-debuginfocentos-upgrade-libcap-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-libcap-devel
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