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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209114
Exploit, Technical Description
https://www.x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPEGCFMCN5KGCFX5Y2VTKR732TTD4ADW/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EZ57ICDLMVYEREXQGZWL4GWI7FRJCRQT/
Scores
CVSS v3
3.3
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
4.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (10)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
debian/debian_linux
12.0
fedoraproject/fedora
37
fedoraproject/fedora
38
libcap_project/libcap
2.66
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
9.0
Published
Jun 06, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026