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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:4524 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2023-08-08
Updated:
2023-08-08

RHSA-2023:4524 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Moderate: libcap security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for libcap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.

Security Fix(es):

  • libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup() (CVE-2023-2603)
  • libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error (CVE-2023-2602)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2209113 - CVE-2023-2603 libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup()
  • BZ - 2209114 - CVE-2023-2602 libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error

CVEs

  • CVE-2023-2602
  • CVE-2023-2603

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
x86_64
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9e1af1fd0eefa34c0ccd36119ad6c38d8dba41d0a001cccc688191211def46f5
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b376f03226f095e392366d41578f8f9afe491039e6c472049725a53d969bdc55
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 337b6ae4c6fa499f662dff31d763fe83cb46c269608f216d5ae167fed4ce650a
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7551e626b87ea6ec2044036a31bf408030deaab10f40374b59f5a1586ec3b2a3
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8ba87226c64d0511a3202eefd51c5df6bca86ed6beae94fb1101afabf8f6e974
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bd2efd2b860cf4b0fc3b8b6adfd9f06531e414aa046dd9487533f7f4065a6f9
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: f55aba3cd637981ed2cd3513b1f5e2a51e1d566dcbad9f9e204274034a2c8df1
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f0941bb3b784806dc3bc6714350240255b835833db0cd1b954195da0d1a70f8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
x86_64
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9e1af1fd0eefa34c0ccd36119ad6c38d8dba41d0a001cccc688191211def46f5
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b376f03226f095e392366d41578f8f9afe491039e6c472049725a53d969bdc55
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 337b6ae4c6fa499f662dff31d763fe83cb46c269608f216d5ae167fed4ce650a
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7551e626b87ea6ec2044036a31bf408030deaab10f40374b59f5a1586ec3b2a3
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8ba87226c64d0511a3202eefd51c5df6bca86ed6beae94fb1101afabf8f6e974
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bd2efd2b860cf4b0fc3b8b6adfd9f06531e414aa046dd9487533f7f4065a6f9
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: f55aba3cd637981ed2cd3513b1f5e2a51e1d566dcbad9f9e204274034a2c8df1
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f0941bb3b784806dc3bc6714350240255b835833db0cd1b954195da0d1a70f8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
s390x
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 82eb5c635582b3efa7bf4f924f1c5166de917b6fe2e18ece9f359bf8939baf61
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: eb2b053d77918a11c1efbb5ed7605ec077a54ac23a2138eb7486d35434941841
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fe82f7362d228e5d8c672f9c95e49bf0c40f90fa50797d389c5ae532ca9260f9
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 834f84d227de2fd713605e7342a80da424570a92a7345c510e79c3ae006df3a0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
s390x
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 82eb5c635582b3efa7bf4f924f1c5166de917b6fe2e18ece9f359bf8939baf61
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: eb2b053d77918a11c1efbb5ed7605ec077a54ac23a2138eb7486d35434941841
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fe82f7362d228e5d8c672f9c95e49bf0c40f90fa50797d389c5ae532ca9260f9
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 834f84d227de2fd713605e7342a80da424570a92a7345c510e79c3ae006df3a0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
ppc64le
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 368d0a91769859f12d8564df0373a7c2609d495a36768db503b5927bfb4e4a84
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5b11017c1ec485bec34b66c66735155dd1a44aa5aef5630687c636259f1c9b7
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 88ac481954ab8ba4e4114181ae0a777ca18647e36a7290ff3c3e4f53f895d6d4
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9bf67feb9c4d25e26107e47077eb096e307c4c1b0064830eb9ea16e9834a8f46

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
ppc64le
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 368d0a91769859f12d8564df0373a7c2609d495a36768db503b5927bfb4e4a84
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5b11017c1ec485bec34b66c66735155dd1a44aa5aef5630687c636259f1c9b7
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 88ac481954ab8ba4e4114181ae0a777ca18647e36a7290ff3c3e4f53f895d6d4
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9bf67feb9c4d25e26107e47077eb096e307c4c1b0064830eb9ea16e9834a8f46

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
x86_64
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9e1af1fd0eefa34c0ccd36119ad6c38d8dba41d0a001cccc688191211def46f5
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b376f03226f095e392366d41578f8f9afe491039e6c472049725a53d969bdc55
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 337b6ae4c6fa499f662dff31d763fe83cb46c269608f216d5ae167fed4ce650a
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7551e626b87ea6ec2044036a31bf408030deaab10f40374b59f5a1586ec3b2a3
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8ba87226c64d0511a3202eefd51c5df6bca86ed6beae94fb1101afabf8f6e974
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bd2efd2b860cf4b0fc3b8b6adfd9f06531e414aa046dd9487533f7f4065a6f9
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: f55aba3cd637981ed2cd3513b1f5e2a51e1d566dcbad9f9e204274034a2c8df1
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f0941bb3b784806dc3bc6714350240255b835833db0cd1b954195da0d1a70f8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
aarch64
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b421f4bfa377b7b64a688b0fd30403be2c5c0009347876df9f3df57c16c6e3c7
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c54d417c9fec51dd3170a94459bc3c3d872c953d66c2d98b2378e0b0647b1b7c
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0232b759e49a211e49c93d3cd7443014d343f4a2caa317167deabc7b9df76c80
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: e29ee3f97b2fcc3fc08a3f2861cc558175503563d24ac2dd922b4fba1f70431b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
aarch64
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b421f4bfa377b7b64a688b0fd30403be2c5c0009347876df9f3df57c16c6e3c7
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c54d417c9fec51dd3170a94459bc3c3d872c953d66c2d98b2378e0b0647b1b7c
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0232b759e49a211e49c93d3cd7443014d343f4a2caa317167deabc7b9df76c80
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: e29ee3f97b2fcc3fc08a3f2861cc558175503563d24ac2dd922b4fba1f70431b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
ppc64le
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 368d0a91769859f12d8564df0373a7c2609d495a36768db503b5927bfb4e4a84
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5b11017c1ec485bec34b66c66735155dd1a44aa5aef5630687c636259f1c9b7
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 88ac481954ab8ba4e4114181ae0a777ca18647e36a7290ff3c3e4f53f895d6d4
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9bf67feb9c4d25e26107e47077eb096e307c4c1b0064830eb9ea16e9834a8f46

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.src.rpm SHA-256: 51b47605300c603a3bd739778be80d8364a89b7fc10b0e6cc0cb94c37cf3f59b
x86_64
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9e1af1fd0eefa34c0ccd36119ad6c38d8dba41d0a001cccc688191211def46f5
libcap-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b376f03226f095e392366d41578f8f9afe491039e6c472049725a53d969bdc55
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 337b6ae4c6fa499f662dff31d763fe83cb46c269608f216d5ae167fed4ce650a
libcap-debuginfo-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7551e626b87ea6ec2044036a31bf408030deaab10f40374b59f5a1586ec3b2a3
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8ba87226c64d0511a3202eefd51c5df6bca86ed6beae94fb1101afabf8f6e974
libcap-debugsource-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bd2efd2b860cf4b0fc3b8b6adfd9f06531e414aa046dd9487533f7f4065a6f9
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: f55aba3cd637981ed2cd3513b1f5e2a51e1d566dcbad9f9e204274034a2c8df1
libcap-devel-2.48-5.el8_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f0941bb3b784806dc3bc6714350240255b835833db0cd1b954195da0d1a70f8

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