---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Mono System.Web Source Code Disclosure Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23432 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23432/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Mono 1.x http://secunia.com/product/4673/ DESCRIPTION: José Ramón Palanco has reported a vulnerability in Mono, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the System.Web class when handling HTTP requests. This can be exploited to gain remote access to the source code of a web application by e.g. appending "%20" to an URI. Note: Reportedly, this can also be exploited to gain access to the Web.Config file, which may contain sensitive information like credentials. SOLUTION: Fixed in subversion revision 68776. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: José Ramón Palanco ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://eazel.es/advisory007-mono-xsp-source-disclosure-vulnerability.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------