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MonoX through 5.1.40.5152 allows administrators to execute arbitrary code by modifying an ASPX template.
MonoX through 5.1.40.5152 allows remote code execution via HTML5Upload.ashx or Pages/SocialNetworking/lng/en-US/PhotoGallery.aspx because of deserialization in ModuleGallery.HTML5Upload, ModuleGallery.SilverLightUploadModule, HTML5Upload, and SilverLightUploadHandler.
MonoX through 5.1.40.5152 allows stored XSS via User Status, Blog Comments, or Blog Description.
MonoX through 5.1.40.5152 allows admins to execute arbitrary programs by reconfiguring the Converter Executable setting from ffmpeg.exe to a different program.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ProcessRequest function in mcs/class/System.Web/System.Web/HttpForbiddenHandler.cs in Mono 2.10.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file with a crafted name and a forbidden extension, which is not properly handled in an error message.
Race condition in the FastCopy optimization in the Array.Copy method in metadata/icall.c in Mono, when Moonlight 2.x before 2.4.1 or 3.x before 3.99.3 is used, allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and modify internal data structures, and cause a denial of service (plugin crash) or corrupt the internal state of the security manager, via a crafted media file in which a thread makes a change after a type check but before a copy action.
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mono, when Moonlight 2.x before 2.4.1 or 3.x before 3.99.3 is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to finalizing and then resurrecting a DynamicMethod instance.
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mono, when Moonlight 2.x before 2.4.1 or 3.x before 3.99.3 is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (plugin crash) or obtain sensitive information via vectors related to member data in a resurrected MonoThread instance.
It was reported [1] that threads in Mono were not properly cleaned up upon finalization, so if one thread was resurrected, it would be possible to see the pointer to freed memory. This could lead to unintended information disclosure, and possibly a crash.
This has been corrected upstream [2].
[1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/showbug.cgi?id=678515 [2] https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/722f9890f09aadfc37ae479e7d946d5fc5ef7b91
It was reported [1] that threads in Mono were not properly cleaned up upon finalization, so if one thread was resurrected, it would be possible to see the pointer to freed memory. This could lead to unintended information disclosure, and possibly a crash.
This has been corrected upstream [2].
[1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/showbug.cgi?id=678515 [2] https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/722f9890f09aadfc37ae479e7d946d5fc5ef7b91
Unspecified vulnerability in the modmono module for XSP in Mono 2.8.x before 2.8.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for .aspx (ASP.NET) applications via unknown vectors related to an "unloading bug."
Mono, when Moonlight before 2.3.0.1 or 2.99.x before 2.99.0.10 is used, does not properly validate arguments to generic methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass generic constraints, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted method call.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
The default configuration of ASP.NET in Mono before 2.6.4 has a value of FALSE for the EnableViewStateMac property, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated by the VIEWSTATE parameter to 2.0/menu/menu1.aspx in the XSP sample project.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2009-0217 to the following vulnerability:
The design of the W3C XML Signature Syntax and Processing (XMLDsig) recommendation, as implemented in products including (1) the Oracle Security Developer Tools component in Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.3, 10.1.3.4, and 10.1.4.3IM; (2) the WebLogic Server component in BEA Product Suite 10.3, 10.0 MP1, 9.2 MP3, 9.1, 9.0, and 8.1 SP6; (3) Mono before 2.4.2.2; (4) XML Security Library before 1.2.12; (5) IBM WebSphere Application Server Versions 6.0 through 6.0.2.33, 6.1 through 6.1.0.23, and 7.0 through 7.0.0.1; and other products uses a parameter that defines an HMAC truncation length (HMACOutputLength) but does not require a minimum for this length, which allows attackers to spoof HMAC-based signatures and bypass authentication by specifying a truncation length with a small number of bits.
References: ----------- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0217 http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/07/hmactruncationinxmlsignatu.html http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/466161 http://secunia.com/advisories/35855/2/ https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=47526 http://www.w3.org/2008/06/xmldsigcore-errata.html#e03 http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujul2009.html
References from US-CERT's VU#466161: ------------------------------------- http://www.w3.org/2008/06/xmldsigcore-errata.html#e03 http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/07/hmactruncationinxmlsignatu.html http://www.rsa.com/blog/blogentry.aspx?id=1492 http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/ http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/#sec-HMAC http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2104#section-5 http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#wss http://www.w3.org/2000/xp/Group/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms996502.aspx http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg21384925 http://santuario.apache.org/download.html http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujul2009.html http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/downloads.html
Credit: ------- Thomas Roessler of the W3C
CRLF injection vulnerability in Sys.Web in Mono 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in the query string.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the ASP.net class libraries in Mono 2.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted attributes related to (1) HtmlControl.cs (PreProcessRelativeReference), (2) HtmlForm.cs (RenderAttributes), (3) HtmlInputButton (RenderAttributes), (4) HtmlInputRadioButton (RenderAttributes), and (5) HtmlSelect (RenderChildren).
Buffer overflow in the Mono.Math.BigInteger class in Mono 1.2.5.1 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to Reduce in Montgomery-based Pow methods.
StaticFileHandler.cs in System.Web in Mono before 1.2.5.2, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain source code of sensitive files via a request containing a trailing (1) space or (2) dot, which is not properly handled by XSP.
The System.Web class in the XSP for ASP.NET server 1.1 through 2.0 in Mono does not properly verify local pathnames, which allows remote attackers to (1) read source code by appending a space (%20) to a URI, and (2) read credentials via a request for Web.Config%20.
The System.CodeDom.Compiler classes in Novell Mono create temporary files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
Directory traversal vulnerability in the xsp component in modmono in Mono/C# web server, as used in SUSE Open-Enterprise-Server 1 and SUSE Linux 9.2 through 10.0, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in an HTTP request.
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Mono 1.0.5 implementation of ASP.NET (.Net) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via Unicode representations for ASCII fullwidth characters that are converted to normal ASCII characters, including ">" and "<".