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title: "CVE-2014-3209\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3209

Publication date 15 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3209?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ldns | 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.6.17-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3209?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

ldns-keygen is in the ldnsutils package in universe

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| ldns | * Upstream:   [?h=deve](https://git.nlnetlabs.nl/ldns/commit/?h=develop&id=169f38c1e25750f935838b670871056428977e6b) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3209)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3209)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3209)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3209)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3491-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3491-1)
+ ldns vulnerabilities
+ 22 November 2017

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3209>