SB2014111601 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ldns
Published: November 16, 2014 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014111601
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3209)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The ldns-keygen tool in ldns 1.6.x uses the current umask to set the privileges of the private key, which might allow local users to obtain the private key by reading the file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.