Description
The capsh program in libcap before 2.22 does not change the current working directory when the --chroot option is specified, which allows local users to bypass the chroot restrictions via unspecified vectors.
Published: 2014-02-08
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4050 The capsh program in libcap before 2.22 does not change the current working directory when the --chroot option is specified, which allows local users to bypass the chroot restrictions via unspecified vectors.
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Libcap Libcap
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:32.683Z

Reserved: 2011-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4099

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-02-08T00:55:05.863

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4099

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-07-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4099 - Bugzilla

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