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USN-2547-1: Mono vulnerabilities

24 March 2015

Several security issues were fixed in Mono.

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Releases

Packages

  • mono - Mono is a platform for running and developing applications

Details

It was discovered that the Mono TLS implementation was vulnerable to the
SKIP-TLS vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to perform client impersonation attacks. (CVE-2015-2318)

It was discovered that the Mono TLS implementation was vulnerable to the
FREAK vulnerability. A remote attacker or a machine-in-the-middle could
possibly use this issue to force the use of insecure ciphersuites.
(CVE-2015-2319)

It was discovered that the Mono TLS implementation still supported a
fallback to SSLv2. This update removes the functionality as use of SSLv2 is
known to be insecure. (CVE-2015-2320)

It was discovered that Mono incorrectly handled memory in certain
circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Mono to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to obtain sensitive
information. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-0992)

It was discovered that Mono incorrectly handled hash collisions. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Mono to crash, resulting in
a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
(CVE-2012-3543)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04

After a standard system update you need to restart Mono applications to
make all the necessary changes.