Fedora 7 : mono-1.2.3-5.fc7 (2007-3130)

A buffer overflow in the Mono.Math.BigInteger class in Mono allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much a...

Mono: Buffer overflow

Background Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on various platforms. Description IOActive discovered an error in the Mono.Math.BigInteger class, in the reduction step of the Montgomery-based Pow methods, that could lead to a buffer overflow...

CVE-2007-5197

This CVE (CVE-2007-5197) affects Mono up to version 1.2.5.1, where a buffer overflow in Mono.Math.BigInteger (Reduce in Montgomery-based Pow methods) can allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code. The OpenVAS/Mandriva, Fedora, Ubuntu advisories indicate patches were released for...