Mono up to 1.2.5.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mono up to 1.2.5.1. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-5197. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mono up to 1.2.5.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 11/03/2007. The weakness was released 11/02/2007 with SuSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5197 since 10/04/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28223 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mono (MDKSA-2007:218)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38248), Tenable (28223), SecurityFocus (BID 26279†), OSVDB (41872†) and Secunia (SA27493†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 28223
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mono (MDKSA-2007:218)
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OpenVAS ID: 58729
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1397-1 (mono)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/16/2015 +2678 days 🔍
07/29/2019 +1596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5197 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5197
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39536

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X-Force: 38248
SecurityFocus: 26279 - Mono System.Math BigInteger Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 27493
OSVDB: 41872 - CVE-2007-5197 - Mono - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018892
Vulnerability Center: 16725 - Mono Mono.Math.BigInteger Class Buffer Overflow Allows Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-3716

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2019 16:23
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (78), 07/29/2019 16:23 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:901:103

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