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libcap2 — security 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.
- Products
- libcap2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:2.22-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-4099
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4099
libcap2
Fixed versions: 1:2.22-1
libcap2
Fixed versions: 1:2.22-1
libcap2
Fixed versions: 1:2.22-1
Complete source record
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