Information disclosure in Google Chrome and Debian Linux - CVE-2013-2879
Published: July 10, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42723
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2879
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Debian
Debian
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 does not properly determine the circumstances in which a renderer process can be considered a trusted process for sign-in and subsequent sync operations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks via a crafted web site.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2879
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromium/chromium.git;a=commit;h=8a8eb83276778c9fbcf9ebcd4436077269b73074
- http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromium/chromium.git;a=commit;h=f0aa298677a1afb9a40b36e32bc9c4d9b4861eac
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/07/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2724
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=252062
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17177