CVE-2011-2729

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    CVE-2011-2729

    Published: 15 Aug 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/46030, http://secunia.com/advisories/57126, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730400, 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://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://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://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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High