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 service by stopping named.

Published: 2007-12-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6283 is rated Low Risk (28.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6283

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.10% -0.07%
2 2025-03-29 0.06% 0.17% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6283

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6283

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6283

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2007-6283 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bind9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6283
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6283
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-6283 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bind9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6283

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-6283

  • Red Hat (2008-05-21T00:00:00)

    An update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released to correct this issue: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0300.html

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6283

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fedoraproject fedora_core — cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centos centos 5 cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 5.0_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:5.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6283

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