Novell Moonlight up to 2.99.9 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Novell Moonlight up to 2.99.9 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-4254. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell Moonlight up to 2.99.9 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 12/06/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-4254. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75587 (openSUSE Security Update : libmoon-devel (openSUSE-SU-2010:1062-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165173 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2011:001)).

Upgrading to version 2.99.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75587), SecurityFocus (BID 45051†), OSVDB (0†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28748†). Similar entries are available at VDB-36918, VDB-45611, VDB-47197 and VDB-51442. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 75587
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : libmoon-devel (openSUSE-SU-2010:1062-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 862956
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mono-addins FEDORA-2011-3393
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moonlight 2.99.0
Patch: github.com

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11/16/2010 🔍
12/06/2010 +20 days 🔍
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12/22/2010 +16 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +1269 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +279 days 🔍
10/29/2024 +3512 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: 4905ef1130feb26c3150b28b97e4a96752e0d399
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-4254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55625
SecurityFocus: 45051
Secunia: 42373
OSVDB: 0
Vulnerability Center: 28748 - Mono when Moonlight is used Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Method Call, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 10/29/2024 10:22
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (41), 03/11/2017 09:07 (21), 10/06/2021 07:46 (7), 10/06/2021 07:52 (7), 10/06/2021 07:58 (1), 10/29/2024 10:22 (24)
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