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>> Mono "System.CodeDom.Compiler" Insecure Temporary Creation Vulnerability
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Title : Mono "System.CodeDom.Compiler" Insecure Temporary Creation Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3911
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5072
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-10-05
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A vulnerability has been identified in Mono, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions. This flaw is due to errors in the "System.CodeDom.Compiler" classes that use temporary files in an insecure manner, which could allow malicious users to conduct symlink attacks and create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the vulnerable application, or inject arbitrary code into the running Mono processes.
Affected Products
Mono versions 1.x
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.1.17.2 or 1.1.13.8.1 :
http://mono-project.com/Downloads
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3911
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-357-1
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Sebastian Krahmer (SuSE Security Team)
ChangeLog
2006-10-05 : Initial release
2006-10-08 : Updated Solution
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