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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-6251 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:02:36.182Z

Reserved: 2007-12-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-6283

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-12-18T01:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-6283

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6283 - Bugzilla

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