CVE-2023-2603

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.

Fixed
LOW (3.7)
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    Tim Bastin fixed CVE-2023-2603

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    System updated the risk assessment from 3.7 to 1.85

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    System updated the risk assessment from 1.85 to 3.7

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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    Sebastian Kawelke updated the risk assessment from 3.7 to 3.55

    Confidentiality Requirement updated: medium -> low, Integrity Requirement updated: medium -> high, Availability Requirement updated: medium -> high

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    System updated the risk assessment from 3.55 to 3.7

    System recalculated raw risk assessment

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Affected component

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Installed version:
2.66-4
Fixed in:
no patch available

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