Opera Multiple Injection Vulnerabilities

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800832

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to an HTML Injection attack.

Description

The remote host is using a version of Opera that is prone to a security flaw where a malicious attacker can inject malicious data into a URI. Such an attack would require that the attacker be able to convince an Opera user to browse to a malicious URI. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker gaining access to confidential data (such as authentication cookies) or executing code within the browser.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/801

http://.opera.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 800832

Family: Web Clients

Nessus ID: 18503

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1420, CVE-2005-1475, CVE-2005-1669

BID: 14009, 6962, 13970, 13969