CVE-2010-4176

N/A
Published: December 7, 2010 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDracutUdev· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

plymouth-pretrigger.sh in dracut and udev, when running on Fedora 13 and 14, sets weak permissions for the /dev/systty device file, which allows remote authenticated users to read terminal data from tty0 for local users.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
fedoraproject-fedora (environment)
All versions
fedoraproject-fedora (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (9)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051755.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051418.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/42342
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/42451
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45046
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3062
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3110
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654489

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276

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