Opera < 10.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 42892

Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple issues.

Description

The version of Opera installed on the remote host is earlier than 10.10. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple issues :

- Error messages can leak onto unrelated sites which could lead to cross-site scripting attacks. (941)

- Passing very long strings through the string to number conversion using JavaScript in Opera may result in heap buffer overflows. (942)
- There is an as-yet unspecified moderately severe issue reported by Chris Evans of the Google Security Team.

Solution

Upgrade to Opera 10.10 or later.

See Also

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/941/

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/942/

http://web.archive.org/web/20170921232308/http://www.opera.com:80/docs/changelogs/windows/1010/

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507980/30/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42892

File Name: opera_1010.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/25/2009

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

Required KB Items: SMB/Opera/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0689, CVE-2009-4071, CVE-2009-4072

BID: 37078, 37089

CWE: 119, 16

Secunia: 37469