Fedora "Dracut" Package Insecure File Permissions Issue

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Dracut is a generic, modular initramfs-generation tool. The Fedora "Dracut" package is exposed to an insecure file permissions issue. Specifically, this issue occurs because the Dracut-generated initramfs scripts create the "/dev/systty" device file with insecure permissions.

Ref: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45046

10.49.14 - CVE: CVE-2010-4176
Platform: Cross Platform