CVE-2011-0990

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0990
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-13 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the FastCopy optimization in the Array.Copy method in metadata/icall.c in Mono, when Moonlight 2.x before 2.4.1 or 3.x before 3.99.3 is used, allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer overflow and modify internal data structures, and cause a denial of service (plugin crash) or corrupt the internal state of the security manager, via a crafted media file in which a thread makes a change after a type check but before a copy action.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

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 2.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.3.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.31 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.4 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 3.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 3.99 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.3.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.31 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.4 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 3.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 3.99 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 667077 – VUL-0: Moonlight Multiple Vulnerabilities CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Moonlight Prior to 2.4.1/3.99.3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2011:0313-1 (critical): moonlight security update MLIST lists.opensuse.org
Disable some of the FastCopy fast paths since they are racy. · mono/mono@2f00e4b · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
oss-security - Moonlight release 2.4.1 with security fixes MLIST openwall.com Patch
Moonlight Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for moonlight - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Vulnerabilities - Mono CONFIRM www.mono-project.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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