Upstream information

CVE-2011-4099 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 727713 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE], 727715 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2011:1259-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • libcap-devel >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap-progs >= 2.11-2.17.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA libcap-devel-2.11-2.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • libcap-progs >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2 >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2-32bit >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2-x86 >= 2.11-2.17.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA libcap-progs-2.11-2.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • libcap-progs >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2 >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2-32bit >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2-x86 >= 2.11-2.17.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA libcap-progs-2.11-2.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • libcap-devel >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap-progs >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2 >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2-32bit >= 2.11-2.17.1
  • libcap2-x86 >= 2.11-2.17.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA libcap-progs-2.11-2.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA libcap-devel-2.11-2.17.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 libcap Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 libcap Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 libcap Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS libcap Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 libcap Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS libcap Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 libcap Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS libcap Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 libcap Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 libcap Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 libcap Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 libcap Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 libcap Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:18:24 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:16 2023