# CVE-2010-4176: plymouth-pretrigger.sh in dracut and udev, when running on Fedora 13 and 14, sets weak permissions for the /dev/systty device file, which al

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-12-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45046
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051755.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42451
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051418.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3110
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654489
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654935

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