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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72079
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2011:185 (libcap)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to libcap
announced via advisory MDVSA-2011:185.

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in libcap:

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

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2010.1, 2011., Enterprise Server 5.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2011:185

Risk factor : High

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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