Opera < 9.01 Malformed 'HREF' DoS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3661

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is using Opera 9.00. The version of Opera installed on the remote host contains a flaw in the way that it handles very large links. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince an Opera user to browse to a malicious URI. Successful exploitation would result in the browser crashing.

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.01 or higher.

See Also

http://www.opera.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 3661

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/22/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3199

BID: 18585