PT-2014-2161 · Linux+2 · Libpcap+2

Steve Grubb · Published 2011-12-05 · Updated 2014-05-01 · CVE-2011-4099

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libcap versions prior to 2.22

Description The issue allows local users to bypass the chroot restrictions. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited. The capsh program does not change the current working directory when the --chroot option is specified.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.22, update to version 2.22 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1578

CVE-2011-4099

RHSA-2011:1694

RHSA-2011_1694

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Red Hat

Libpcap

References · 15

• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1694.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4099 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4099 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2602 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4099 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4099 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722694 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4099 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1578 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1694.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4099 · Note
• https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/release-notes-for-libcap/releasenotesfor222 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1694 · Note
• https://x41-dsec.de/static/reports/X41-libcap-Code-Review-2023-OSTIF-Final-Report.pdf · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2011-4099 · Note