CVE-2011-2729
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 7.2%EU EUVD
native/unix/native/jsvc-unix.c in jsvc in the Daemon component 1.0.3 through 1.0.6 in Apache Commons, as used in Apache Tomcat 5.5.32 through 5.5.33, 6.0.30 through 6.0.32, and 7.0.x before 7.0.20 on Linux, does not drop capabilities, which allows remote attackers to bypass read permissions for files via a request to an application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 7.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2707)
- Published
- August 15, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2707 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / apache commons daemon
- apache / apache commons daemon
- apache / apache commons daemon
- apache / apache commons daemon
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00024.html
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/201108.mbox/%3C4E451B2B.9090108%40apache.org%3E
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201108.mbox/%3C4E45221D.1020306%40apache.org%3E
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://people.apache.org/~markt/patches/2011-08-12-cve2011-2729-tc5.patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46030
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025925
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1152701
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1153379
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1153824
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1291.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1292.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519263/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49143
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730400
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69161
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAEMON-214
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14743
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19450
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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