Bug 2209114 (CVE-2023-2602) - CVE-2023-2602 libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error
Summary: CVE-2023-2602 libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-2602
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2210645 2210641 2210643 2210644 2222197 2222198
Blocks: 2207492
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Reported: 2023-05-22 16:54 UTC by juneau
Modified: 2023-11-21 11:41 UTC (History)
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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.
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:4524 0 None None None 2023-08-08 08:19:57 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5071 0 None None None 2023-09-12 10:13:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:7400 0 None None None 2023-11-21 11:41:38 UTC

Description juneau 2023-05-22 16:54:30 UTC 
Original Report:

Source: libcap2
Version: 1:2.66-3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil, Debian Security Team <team.org>

The following vulnerabilities were published for libcap2.

CVE-2023-2602[0]:
| LCAP-CR-23-01 (Correct the check of pthread_create()'s return value)

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2602
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2602

fixed in 1:2.66-4
Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-05-29 04:16:04 UTC 
Created libcap tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2210641]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2210643]
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-08-08 08:19:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:4524 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4524
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-12 10:13:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:5071 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5071
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-21 11:41:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:7400 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7400
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