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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-156

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-156
Posted Mar 30, 2015
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-156 - capng_lock() in libcap-ng before 0.7.4 sets securebits in an attempt to prevent regaining capabilities using setuid-root programs. This allows a user to run setuid programs, such as seunshare from policycoreutils, as uid 0 but without capabilities, which is potentially dangerous.

tags | advisory, root
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-3215
SHA-256 | 9187dfcabef78d898af50d16246d6437951c8b7149a016e74ca228a3510a0e20

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-156

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:156
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : libcap-ng
Date : March 29, 2015
Affected: Business Server 2.0
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Problem Description:

Updated libcap-ng packages fix security vulnerability:

capng_lock() in libcap-ng before 0.7.4 sets securebits in an attempt to
prevent regaining capabilities using setuid-root programs. This allows
a user to run setuid programs, such as seunshare from policycoreutils,
as uid 0 but without capabilities, which is potentially dangerous
(CVE-2014-3215).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3215
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
d7910e82f2b1d8282828cfffaad3703f mbs2/x86_64/lib64cap-ng0-0.7.3-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
49a2cc4bcab4c29487e336e110963ef2 mbs2/x86_64/lib64cap-ng-devel-0.7.3-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
ef852b7a611b29caa5c3f1fee0c1d671 mbs2/x86_64/libcap-ng-utils-0.7.3-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
dba156d41f8404ec4ca97a2897fc3ff0 mbs2/x86_64/python-libcap-ng-0.7.3-4.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
f35f6189efd650eefcee3eac3b204e8a mbs2/SRPMS/libcap-ng-0.7.3-4.1.mbs2.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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<security*mandriva.com>
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