Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Ubuntu, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an error in Mono. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3716

Affected Products

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Solution

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - Upgrade to mono-classlib-1.0 version 1.1.13.6-0ubuntu3.3 and mono-classlib-2.0 version 1.1.13.6-0ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 6.10 - Upgrade to libmono-corlib1.0-cil version 1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2, libmono-corlib2.0-cil version 1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2, libmono-security1.0-cil version 1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2, and libmono-security2.0-cil version 1.1.17.1-1ubuntu7.2
Ubuntu 7.04 - Upgrade to libmono-corlib1.0-cil version 1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1, libmono-corlib2.0-cil version 1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1, libmono-security1.0-cil version 1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1, and libmono-security2.0-cil version 1.2.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 7.10 - Upgrade to libmono-corlib1.0-cil versio 1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1, libmono-corlib2.0-cil version 1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1, libmono-security1.0-cil version 1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1, and libmono-security2.0-cil version 1.2.4-6ubuntu6.1

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4089
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-553-1

ChangeLog

2007-12-05 : Initial release

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