openSUSE Security Update : opera (openSUSE-SU-2010:0540-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 48431

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of opera fixes the following vulnerabilities :

- CVE-2010-2576: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (CWE-94):
unexpected changes in tab focus could be used to run programs from the Internet, as reported by Jakob Balle and Sven Krewitt of Secunia

- CVE-2010-3019: CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (CWE-119): heap buffer overflow in HTML5 canvas could be used to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Kuzzcc

- CVE-2010-3020: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (CWE-264): news feed preview could subscribe to feeds without interaction, as reported by Alexios Fakos

- CVE-2010-3021: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (CWE-399): remote attackers could trigger a remote denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via an animated PNG image

Solution

Update the affected opera package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630771

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00055.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 48431

File Name: suse_11_2_opera-100824.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2576, CVE-2010-3019, CVE-2010-3020, CVE-2010-3021