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CVE-2011-2729
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 7.2%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (30)
- tomcat-jsvc-info-disclosure(69161) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:1062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1153824 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBUX02860 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1025925 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://people.apache.org/~markt/patches/2011-08-12-cve2011-2729-tc5.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBOV02762 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730400 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1291 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SSRT100627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1152701 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1153379 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20110812 [SECURITY] CVE-2011-2729: Commons Daemon fails to drop capabilities (Apache Tomcat) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 57126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [commons-dev] 20110812 [AANNOUNCE] Apache Commons Daemon 1.0.7 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAEMON-214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 46030 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1292 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [tomcat-announce] 20110812 [SECURITY] CVE-2011-2729: Commons Daemon fails to drop capabilities (Apache Tomcat) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- HPSBST02955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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