Vulnerability in Apache Commons Daemon
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 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.072 (94.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.072 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Commons Daemon — versions 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5
- Apache Tomcat — versions 5.5.32, 5.5.33, 6.0.30
- Linux Kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69161 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00024.html (vendor-advisory)
- svn.apache.org/viewvc
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- people.apache.org/~markt/patches/2011-08-12-cve2011-2729-tc5.patch
- tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1291.html (vendor-advisory)