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SUSE: CVE-2023-2602: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2023-2602: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/06/2023
Created
07/04/2023
Added
07/04/2023
Modified
07/04/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libcap-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libcap-progs
  • suse-upgrade-libcap2
  • suse-upgrade-libcap2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpsx2
  • suse-upgrade-libpsx2-32bit

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