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CVE-2011-4099

The capsh program in libcap before 2.22 does not change the current working directory when the --chroot option is specif

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00055
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
libcap<= 2.21
libcapall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD08 Feb 2014 · 12:55 AM
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Vendor Advisories

1
rhsaRHSA-2011:1694Low
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1694.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722694Vendor Advisory
https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/release-notes-for-libcap/releasenotesfor222
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