Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Debian Linux and Google Chrome - CVE-2013-2905

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Debian Linux and Google Chrome - CVE-2013-2905

Published: August 21, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42640
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2905
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Google
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The SharedMemory::Create function in memory/shared_memory_posix.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 uses weak permissions under /dev/shm/, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct access to a POSIX shared-memory file.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-2905

Install update from vendor's website.

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