CVE-2007-6283

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductFedoraproject Fedora Core
PublishedDec 18, 2007
First seenDec 18, 2007

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
fedoraproject fedora_coreNo range specified—
redhat enterprise_linux5.0—
oracle linux5.0—
centos centos5—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop5.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems5.0_s390x—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian5.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server5.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation5.0—

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