CVE-2010-4254

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4254
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-06 13:44:00 UTC
Updated2011-02-02 06:59:00 UTC
DescriptionMono, 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mono Mono All All All All
Application Mono Mono All All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.1 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.2 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.7 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.9 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.1 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.2 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.7 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.9 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Handle invalid instantiation of generic methods. · mono/mono@cf1ec14 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Moonlight Generic Constraints Bypass Vulnerability - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Handle invalid instantiation of generic methods. · mono/mono@4905ef1 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Mono/Moonlight Generic Type Argument Local Privilege Escalation EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:001 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:024 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Mono/Moonlight Generic Type Argument Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Bug 654136 – Insufficient validation of generic type arguments during reflection allows violation of the type system CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com
SUSE update for multiple packages - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Vulnerabilities - Mono CONFIRM www.mono-project.com
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com
Handle invalid instantiation of generic methods. · mono/mono@65292a6 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
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