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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-0436
CVE-2024-0436:
Homebrew vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The CVE-2024-0436 is a security vulnerability affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support and related systems. The vulnerability is related to the libcap library, which is used for getting and setting POSIX.1e capabilities (Red Hat Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been rated as having a Moderate security impact by Red Hat Product Security. It affects the libcap library version 2.48-8 and involves an integer overflow vulnerability in the _libcap_strdup() function (Red Hat Advisory).
Impact
The vulnerability affects multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms including x86_64, IBM z Systems, Power LE, and ARM 64 architectures. This includes Extended Update Support 9.0, Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0, and 4 years of updates versions (Red Hat Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Red Hat has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to libcap version 2.48-8.el9_0.1 which contains the security fix. The update is available for all affected platforms and architectures (Red Hat Advisory).
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