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CVE-2007-6283

Publication date 18 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu 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.

Read the notes from the security team

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