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Amazon Linux 2 : libcap (ALAS-2023-2136)
low Nessus Plugin ID 178492
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of libcap installed on the remote host is prior to 2.54-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2136 advisory.libcap is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by the error handling in wrap_pthread_create() function, which will cause memory to be leaked in the case of an error. (CVE-2023-2602)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update libcap' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2136.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 178492
File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2136.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/20/2023
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1.7
Temporal Score: 1.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2602
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcap-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcap-static
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-2602