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Red Hat: CVE-2023-2603: libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-2603: libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/06/2023
Created
08/10/2023
Added
08/09/2023
Modified
01/26/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-libcap
  • redhat-upgrade-libcap-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libcap-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-libcap-devel

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