CVE-2007-6283

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6283
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-18 01:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionRed 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Centos Centos 5 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora Core All All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems 5.0_s390x All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for bind - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: bind-9.5.0-20.b1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: bind-9.4.2-2.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora BIND "/etc/rndc.key" Insecure File Permissions - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
419421 – (CVE-2007-6283) CVE-2007-6283 bind: /etc/rndc.key has 644 permissions by default af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-05-21Mark J CoxAn update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released to correct this issue: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html
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