vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6166-1 (CVE-2023-2602): libcap2 vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 6, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 6, 2023
Added
Jun 15, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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
ubuntu-upgrade-libcap2ubuntu-upgrade-libcap2-bin
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