CVE-2014-3209

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3209
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-16 01:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe ldns-keygen tool in ldns 1.6.x uses the current umask to set the privileges of the private key, which might allow local users to obtain the private key by reading the file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.0 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.1 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.10 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.11 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.2 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.3 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.4 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.5 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.6 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.7 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.8 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Ldns 1.6.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#746758 - ldnsutils: CVE-2014-3209: ldns-keygen creates private key world readable - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
ldns CVE-2014-3209 Local Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 573 – CVE-2014-3209: ldns-keygen should create private key files with stricter permissions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nlnetlabs.nl
oss-security - Re: ldns-keygen creates private key world readable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - ldns-keygen creates private key world readable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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