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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70487 |
Category: | Red Hat Local Security Checks |
Title: | RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:1694 |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2011:1694. The libcap packages provide a library and tools for getting and setting POSIX capabilities. It was found that capsh did not change into the new root when using the --chroot option. An application started via the capsh --chroot command could use this flaw to escape the chroot restrictions. (CVE-2011-4099) All libcap users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1694.html Risk factor : Low |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4099 RHSA-2011:1694 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1694.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722694 https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/release-notes-for-libcap/releasenotesfor222 |
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