ipcs output when running netscape shows --rwarwarwa

From: wolf (mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx)
Date: 10/13/02


Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 00:04:07 -0400
From: wolf <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx>
To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org

Is the 'mode' as listed below a security issue?

Linux Netscape 6 is running w/ mode rwarwarwa while all the other apps
I've tested so far (all native compiled btw) show only --rw-------.

:/

bash-2.05a$ ipcs -m -o -p
Shared Memory:
T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP NATTCH CPID LPID
m 262144 0 --rw------- mjoyner mjoyner 2 597 278
m 1048577 0 --rwarwarwa mjoyner mjoyner 2 710 278
m 1179650 0 --rwarwarwa mjoyner mjoyner 2 710 278
m 131075 0 --rwarwarwa mjoyner mjoyner 2 710 278
m 131076 0 --rwarwarwa mjoyner mjoyner 2 710 278
m 131077 0 --rwarwarwa mjoyner mjoyner 2 710 278
m 131078 0 --rwarwarwa mjoyner mjoyner 2 710 278

bash-2.05a$ ps -p 710
   PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
   710 ?? S 0:37.54 ./mozilla-bin

bash-2.05a$ ps -p 278
   PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
   278 ?? S 0:21.95 /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -auth
/var/lib/kdm/authfiles/A

bash-2.05a$ uname -a
FreeBSD ip-34.internal 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #0: Fri Oct 11
22:21:11 EDT 2002
mjoyner@ip-34.internal:/usr/src/sys/compile/workstation i386

bash-2.05a$

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