openSUSE Security Update: libcap ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:1259-1 Rating: low References: #727715 Cross-References: CVE-2011-4099 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
capsh did not chdir("/") after callling chroot(). Programs could therefore access the current directory outside of the chroot (CVE-2011-4099).
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.4:
zypper in -t patch libcap-5369
- openSUSE 11.3:
zypper in -t patch libcap-5369
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):
libcap-devel-2.19-9.10.1 libcap-progs-2.19-9.10.1 libcap2-2.19-9.10.1
- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):
libcap2-32bit-2.19-9.10.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):
libcap-devel-2.16-10.3.1 libcap-progs-2.16-10.3.1 libcap2-2.16-10.3.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):
libcap2-32bit-2.16-10.3.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4099.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/727715