CVE-2007-6283 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2007-6283

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

fedoraproject

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Affected Software

fedora core, enterprise linux, linux, centos, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux for ibm z systems, enterprise linux for power big endian, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 5, 5.0_s390x

Timeline

Official Publish: December 18th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.