CVE-2007-6283

Publication date 18 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bind9 7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

RedHat specific /etc/bind/rndc.key is -rw-r----- bind:bind for all Ubuntu releases