Mandrake Bind 9 Package Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

BID:3848

Info

Mandrake Bind 9 Package Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3848
Class: Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 08 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 08 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in a Mandrake Security Advisory on January 8, 2002.
Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Mandrake Bind 9 Package Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

The Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (Bind) is a freely available, open source name server daemon. It is maintained by the Internet Software Consortium (ISC). Bind is commonly used on Linux and Unix Operating Systems.

The implementation of BIND 9 included with Mandrake does not use secure permissions on files containing sensitive information. Under some circumstances, it may be possible for a local user to read the contents of the /etc/rndc.conf file, which contains sensitive information such as cryptographic passphrases and domain authority information. This permissions problem also applies to the /etc/rndc.key file. Additionally, users may also execute the rndc-confgen and rndc programs, which could present potential security problems such as the generation of malicious DNS configuration files.

Exploit / POC

Mandrake Bind 9 Package Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Mandrake Bind 9 Package Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates available:


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64

References

Mandrake Bind 9 Package Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

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