CVE-2023-2602 - OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

Vendors & Products
CPE Configurations

Vendors	Products
Redhat	Enterprise Linux
Libcap Project	Libcap
Debian	Debian Linux
Fedoraproject	Fedora

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libcap_project:libcap:2.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

Configuration 4 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPEGCFMCN5KGCFX5Y2VTKR732TTD4ADW/
https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf	Exploit Technical Description

History

No history.

MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00

Updated: 2023-11-30T05:06:19.565354

Reserved: 2023-05-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-2602

JSON object: View

NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-06T20:15:12.760

Modified: 2023-11-30T05:15:08.650

Link: CVE-2023-2602

JSON object: View

Redhat Information

No data.

CWE

CWE-401

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