---------------------------------------------------------------------- Passionate about writing secure code? http://secunia.com/company/jobs/open_positions/talented_programmer Read this if your favourite tool is a disassembler http://secunia.com/company/jobs/open_positions/reverse_engineer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Mono ASP.NET "enableViewStateMac" Configuration Handling Weakness SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA40572 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/40572/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40572 RELEASE DATE: 2010-07-14 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/40572/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/40572/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40572 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A weakness has been reported in Mono, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. The weakness is caused due to certain configuration directives not properly setting the "enableViewStateMac" setting to "TRUE". For more information: SA40556 SOLUTION: Fixed in the SVN repository. Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Web Security Research Group (WSRG) of Hewlett Packard (HP). ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Mono: http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#ASP.NET_View_State_Cross-Site_Scripting HP: http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/The-HP-Security-Laboratory-Blog/ASP-NET-Cross-Site-Scripting-Followup-Mono/ba-p/33240 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------