RHEL 9 : libcap (RHSA-2023:5071)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181285

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libcap.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5071 advisory.

- libcap: Memory Leak on pthread_create() Error (CVE-2023-2602)

- libcap: Integer Overflow in _libcap_strdup() (CVE-2023-2603)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libcap package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5071.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181285

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5071.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/12/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2603

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcap-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2602, CVE-2023-2603

CWE: 190, 401

RHSA: 2023:5071

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