High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 6, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-2603
CVE-2023-2603
Description
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.
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Affected products
25cpe:2.3:a:libcap_project:libcap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap_project:libcap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.69
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: NA
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libcappkg:rpm/almalinux/libcap-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/libcap&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/libcap&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/libcap&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 2.48-5.el8_8+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.48-5.el8_8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.48-5.el8_8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.63-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.63-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.63-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.63-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.63-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.63-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.63-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-14.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-14.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-14.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-150000.4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-150000.4.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdfnvdExploitTechnical Description
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT/nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPEGCFMCN5KGCFX5Y2VTKR732TTD4ADW/nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
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