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Oracle Linux 9 : libcap (ELSA-2023-5071)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181332

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-5071 advisory.

 - 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.
 (CVE-2023-2602)

 - A vulnerability was found in libcap. This issue occurs in the _libcap_strdup() function and can lead to an integer overflow if the input string is close to 4GiB. (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 affected libcap and / or libcap-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-5071.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181332

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-5071.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2023

Updated: 9/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

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:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:2:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcap-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2023

Reference Information

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