# 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 perfo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-12-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00671.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6283
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28180
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30313
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00587.html

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