National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0989

Overview

The RuntimeHelpers.InitializeArray method in metadata/icall.c in Mono, when Moonlight 2.x before 2.4.1 or 3.x before 3.99.3 is used, does not properly restrict data types, which allows remote attackers to modify internal read-only data structures, and cause a denial of service (plugin crash) or corrupt the internal state of the security manager, via a crafted media file, as demonstrated by modifying a C# struct.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/035c8587c0d8d307e45f1b7171a0d337bb451f1e

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/035c8587c0d8d307e45f1b7171a0d337bb451f1e

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667077

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667077

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110406 Moonlight release 2.4.1 with security fixes

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/14

External Source: XF

Name: momo-runtime-security-bypass(66624)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66624

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0904

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0904

External Source: BID

Name: 47208

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47208

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44076

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44076

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44002

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44002

External Source: MLIST

Name: [opensuse-updates] 20110408 openSUSE-SU-2011:0313-1 (critical): moonlight security update

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00024.html