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CVE-2014-3209
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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- [oss-security] 20140503 ldns-keygen creates private key world readable (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746758 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=573 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140504 Re: ldns-keygen creates private key world readable (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 67200 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-3227 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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