CVE-2010-4176 (GCVE-0-2010-4176)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-07 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
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| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/42342 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/42451 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3110 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654489 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3062 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654935 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2010-11-24 00:00
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