CVE-2014-3209

low
Published 2014-11-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3209

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.6.17-4
debian debianbullseyefixed1.6.17-4
debian debianforkyfixed1.6.17-4
debian debiansidfixed1.6.17-4
debian debiantrixiefixed1.6.17-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nlnetlabsldns1.6.0
nlnetlabsldns1.6.1
nlnetlabsldns1.6.2
nlnetlabsldns1.6.3
nlnetlabsldns1.6.4
nlnetlabsldns1.6.5
nlnetlabsldns1.6.6
nlnetlabsldns1.6.7
nlnetlabsldns1.6.8
nlnetlabsldns1.6.9
nlnetlabsldns1.6.10
nlnetlabsldns1.6.11

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.