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