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Oracle Linux 6 : libcap (ELSA-2011-1694)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181053

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1694 advisory.

 - 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.
 (CVE-2011-4099)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libcap and / or libcap-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1694.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181053

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1694.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 12/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4099

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcap-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4099