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openSUSE Security Update : libcap (openSUSE-SU-2011:1259-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75892

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

capsh did not chdir('/') after calling chroot(). Programs could therefore access the current directory outside of the chroot (CVE-2011-4099).

Solution

Update the affected libcap packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727715

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-11/msg00022.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75892

File Name: suse_11_4_libcap-111104.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap-progs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap-progs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcap2-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4099