CVE-2013-2905 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2013-2905?

CVE-2013-2905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Aug 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2905?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2905?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-2905 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2905 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-h49q-wghx-7g75.