CVE-2010-4176

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4176
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-07 22:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionplymouth-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-276 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dracut Project Dracut - All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 13 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 14 All All All
Application Udev Project Udev - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
654935 – CVE-2010-4176 dracut: /dev/systty permissions could allow remote users to snoop on local users [fedora-all] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA42451 - Fedora update for udev - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: udev-161-7.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: udev-153-5.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
654489 – (CVE-2010-4176) CVE-2010-4176 dracut: /dev/systty permissions could allow remote users to snoop on local users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Fedora update for dracut and udev - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Fedora 'Dracut' Package Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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