PT-2023-20430 · Libpcap+9 · Libpcap+9

Juneau · Published 2014-05-01 · Updated 2025-08-16 · CVE-2023-2602

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libcap (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability was found in the pthread create() function in libcap. This issue may allow a malicious actor to cause real pthread create() to return an error, which can exhaust the process memory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:4524

ALSA-2023:5071

ALT-PU-2014-1578

AZL-27064

BDU:2025-16163

CESA-2023_4524

CVE-2023-2602

DLA-4092-1

INFSA-2023_5071

MGASA-2023-0205

OESA-2023-1342

OESA-2023-1345

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12945-1

RHSA-2023:4524

RHSA-2023:5071

RHSA-2023:7400

RHSA-2023_4524

RHSA-2023_5071

RLSA-2023:4524

SUSE-SU-2023:2765-1

SUSE-SU-2023_2765-1

USN-6166-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Centos

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libpcap

References · 55

• 🔥 https://x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2603 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-5071.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-16163 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-4092-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2602 · Security Note
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:4524 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0205.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6166-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6166-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2603 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:2765-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2602 · Security Note
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-4524.html · Vendor Advisory