CVE-2013-2905 Information

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.

Reference

http://crbug.com/254159 http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/08/stable-channel-update.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2741 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A17583 https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=209814&view=revision