01 Record
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 perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-12-18 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0eb7b6ae9f8d4112d30b768075e9bf326ac20e96e14334281f2a283c826b47eb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4658https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00671.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0300http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6283
- secunia.com28180http://secunia.com/advisories/28180
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9977https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9977
- secunia.com30313http://secunia.com/advisories/30313
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4655https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00587.html