Package: mono
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for mono.

CVE-2010-1459[0]:
| The default configuration of ASP.NET in Mono before 2.6.4 has a value
| of FALSE for the EnableViewStateMac property, which allows remote
| attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as
| demonstrated by the __VIEWSTATE parameter to 2.0/menu/menu1.aspx in
| the XSP sample project.

Upstream patch:
http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc?view=revision&revision=154493

Code didn't seem to have changed much, those patches can be used without real 
modifications.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1459
    http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1459

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