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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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