UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2603

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2603
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2603.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2603
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Published
2023-05-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:55:43Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was found in libcap. This issue occurs in the libcapstrdup() function and can lead to an integer overflow if the input string is close to 4GiB.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcap2@1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.22-1.2ubuntu2
1:2.24-0ubuntu1
1:2.24-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-0ubuntu2+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcap2@1:2.24-12ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.24-12ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.24-9
1:2.24-12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-12ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-12ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-12ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.24-12ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcap2@1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.25-1.1
1:2.25-1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2",
            "binary_version": "1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.25-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcap2@1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.25-2
1:2.27-1
1:2.32-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2",
            "binary_version": "1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.32-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcap2@1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Affected versions

1:2.*

1:2.44-1build1
1:2.44-1build2
1:2.44-1build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2",
            "binary_version": "1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libcap2-bin",
            "binary_version": "1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cap",
            "binary_version": "1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}