Access Restriction Bypass Affecting libcap package, versions <0:2.16-5.5.el6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-LIBCAP-1435736
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Jul 2011

Introduced: 16 Jul 2011

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 libcap to version 0:2.16-5.5.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:1694.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcap package and not the libcap package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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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