Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libcap2 package, versions <1:2.22-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBCAP2-515422
  • published8 Feb 2014
  • disclosed8 Feb 2014

Introduced: 8 Feb 2014

CVE-2011-4099  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libcap2 to version 1:2.22-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcap2 package and not the libcap2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The capsh program in libcap before 2.22 does not change the current working directory when the --chroot option is specified, which allows local users to bypass the chroot restrictions via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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