CVE-2014-3209

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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 products

NLnet Labs ldns: 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5 (+6)

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/05/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67200
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746758
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=573
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/03/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/05/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67200
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746758
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=573

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