{"id":"MGASA-2023-0205","summary":"Updated libcap packages fix security vulnerability","details":"A vulnerability was found in the pthread_create() function in libcap. This\nissue may allow a malicious actor to use cause __real_pthread_create() to\nreturn an error, which can exhaust the process memory. (CVE-2023-2602)\n\nA vulnerability was found in libcap. This issue occurs in the _libcap_strdup()\nfunction and can lead to an integer overflow if the input string is close\nto 4GiB. (CVE-2023-2603)\n","modified":"2026-04-16T00:10:17.918734826Z","published":"2023-06-28T05:21:41Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-2602","CVE-2023-2603"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0205.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31938"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/15/4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/release-notes-for-libcap#h.iuvg7sbjg8pe"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/16/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6166-1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libcap","ecosystem":"Mageia:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libcap?arch=source&distro=mageia-8"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.46-1.1.mga8"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0205.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}