Mono Mono.Math.BigInteger Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA27493
Release Date: 2007-11-06
Last Update: 2007-12-05
Popularity: 3,543 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mono 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-5197


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mono, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the Mono.Math.BigInteger class and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which can result in a system crash or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in 1.x versions prior to 1.2.5.1.

Solution:
Update to version 1.2.5.1 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a SUSE advisory.

Changelog:
2007-11-07: Updated "Solution" section. Added vendor link to the "Original Advisory" section.
2007-12-05: Added additional information provided by Ubuntu.

Original Advisory:
Mono:
http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#BigInteger_unsafe_code_overflow

SUSE:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00009.html

Other References:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubu...ty-announce/2007-December/000637.html


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