Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-4099
CVE-2011-4099
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.
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24cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 22 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.21
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libcap:libcap:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.22
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