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USN-397-1: mono vulnerability

20 December 2006

mono vulnerability

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Details

Jose Ramon Palanco discovered that the mono System.Web class did not
consistently verify local file paths. As a result, the source code for
mono web applications could be retrieved remotely, possibly leading to
further compromise via the application's source.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.10
  • libmono-system-web2.0-cil - 1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.1
  • libmono-system-web1.0-cil - 1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.1
Ubuntu 6.06
  • mono-classlib-2.0 - 1.1.13.6-0ubuntu3.2
  • mono-classlib-1.0 - 1.1.13.6-0ubuntu3.2

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any mono web
applications to effect the necessary changes.

References