SB2014020802 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in www.friedhoff libcap
Published: February 8, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014020802
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4099)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.