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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-2602: Security patch for libcap (ALAS-2023-2136)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-2602: Security patch for libcap (ALAS-2023-2136)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/06/2023
Created
07/21/2023
Added
07/21/2023
Modified
07/21/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcap
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcap-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcap-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcap-static

References

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