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CVE-2007-6283

Published: Dec 18, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
NVD MITRE
4.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 66.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

n/an/a
fedora corefedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxoracle
On-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
centoscentos
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
centososs-projectOperating Systemsaka centos linux, stream
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Collection
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References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00671.html
redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html
redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6283
bugzilla.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Dec 18, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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