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CVE-2007-6283

high

Description

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of service by stopping named.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9977

http://secunia.com/advisories/30313

http://secunia.com/advisories/28180

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00671.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00587.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6283

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-12-18

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00099