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CVE-2011-2729 json

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 throu…

published 2011-08-15 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2707

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.2%
EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • commons-daemon Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2729

  • jakarta-commons-daemon-jsvc jboss enterprise web server 1 1:1.0.5-1.5.patch01.ep5.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1292

  • apache-commons-daemon openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.15-7.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10167-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2729 updated cvss 5.8

jakarta-commons-daemon: jsvc does not drop capabilities allowing access to files and directories owned by the superuser

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 jakarta-commons-daemon
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1291
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 jakarta-commons-daemon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 jakarta-commons-daemon, jakarta-commons-daemon-jsvc, jakarta-commons-daemon-javadoc
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

7.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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