Apache Tomcat Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability - CVE-2011-2729 - Vulnerability Database

Apache Tomcat Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability - CVE-2011-2729

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Reference: CVE-2011-2729
Title: Apache Tomcat Permissions Privileges and Access Controls Vulnerability
Overview:

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.