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GLSA-201405-16 : Mono: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 74098

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201405-16 (Mono: Denial of Service)

 Mono does not properly randomize hash functions for form posts to protect against hash collision attacks.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send specially crafted parameters, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mono users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/mono-2.10.9-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-16

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74098

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201405-16.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 5/20/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mono, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3543

BID: 55251

GLSA: 201405-16