National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-4254

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/cf1ec146f7c6acdc6697032b3aaafc68ffacdcac

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/cf1ec146f7c6acdc6697032b3aaafc68ffacdcac

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/65292a69c837b8a5f7a392d34db63de592153358

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/65292a69c837b8a5f7a392d34db63de592153358

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/4905ef1130feb26c3150b28b97e4a96752e0d399

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/4905ef1130feb26c3150b28b97e4a96752e0d399

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655847

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655847

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654136

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654136

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0076

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076

External Source: BID

Name: 45051

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45051

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Moonlight_Generic_Constraints_Bypass_Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Moonlight_Generic_Constraints_Bypass_Vulnerability

External Source: EXPLOIT-DB

Name: 15974

Hyperlink:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15974

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42877

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42877

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42373

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42373

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2011:001

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2010:024

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html