CVE-2011-4099

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4099
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2011-4099.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2011-4099
Downstream
Published
2014-02-08T00:55:05Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcap2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.22-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcap2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.22-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcap2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.22-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / libcap2

Package

Name
libcap2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libcap2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.22-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}