VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-6283
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.
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora core · redhat/enterprise linux · oracle/linux · centos/centos · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for power big endian · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28180Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30313Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6283Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9977Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00587.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00671.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28180Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30313Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6283Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9977Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00587.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00671.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.