Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ldns - CVE-2014-3209
Published: November 16, 2014 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33502
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3209
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
ldns
ldns (Alpine package)
ldns (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3209
Install update from vendor's website.
ldns (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.17-r0