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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.0375.1
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:0375-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libcap-ng' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2017:0375-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libcap-ng' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2017:0375-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
libcap-ng was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed:

- CVE-2014-3215: seunshare in policycoreutils (which uses libcap-ng) is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which made it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges (bsc#876832).

Affected Software/OS:
'libcap-ng' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11-SP4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-3215
BugTraq ID: 67341
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0864
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59007
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0749 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
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