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title: "CVE-2011-0990\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-0990

Publication date 13 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Race 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0990?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mono | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0990?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

upstream note: The bug (and fix) is in mono source code but can
only be exploited (by untrusted applications) when used by
Moonlight.
Setting severity to negligible.

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

fixed in 2.10.5-1

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mono | * Upstream:   [2f00e4b](https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/2f00e4bbb2137130845afb1b2a1e678552fc8e5c) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0990)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0990)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0990)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0990)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0990>