1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-553-1

USN-553-1: Mono vulnerability

Publication date

4 December 2007

Overview

Mono vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Mono did not correctly bounds check certain BigInteger
actions. Remote attackers could exploit this to crash a Mono application or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

It was discovered that Mono did not correctly bounds check certain BigInteger
actions. Remote attackers could exploit this to crash a Mono application or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
7.10 gutsy libmono-corlib1.0-cil –  1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1
libmono-corlib2.0-cil –  1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1
libmono-security1.0-cil –  1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1
libmono-security2.0-cil –  1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1
7.04 feisty libmono-corlib1.0-cil –  1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
libmono-corlib2.0-cil –  1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
libmono-security1.0-cil –  1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
libmono-security2.0-cil –  1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
6.10 edgy libmono-corlib1.0-cil –  1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2
libmono-corlib2.0-cil –  1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2
libmono-security1.0-cil –  1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2
libmono-security2.0-cil –  1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2
6.06 dapper mono-classlib-2.0 –  1.1.13.6-0ubuntu3.3
mono-classlib-1.0 –  1.1.13.6-0ubuntu3.3

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