PT-2011-2798 · Mono · Mono

Jeroen Frijters · Published 2011-04-13 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2011-0990

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mono versions prior to 2.4.1 or 3.99.3

Description The issue is related to a race condition in the FastCopy optimization in the Array.Copy method in metadata/icall.c in Mono. This can be triggered by remote attackers via a crafted media file, allowing them to cause a denial of service (plugin crash) or corrupt the internal state of the security manager by modifying internal data structures.

Recommendations For Mono versions prior to 2.4.1, update to version 2.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. For Mono versions prior to 3.99.3, update to version 3.99.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0990

Affected Products

Mono

References · 11

• https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/2f00e4bbb2137130845afb1b2a1e678552fc8e5c · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0904 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44076 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0990 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667077 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/14 · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66625 · Note
• http://mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/47208 · Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00024.html · Note