Opera < 10.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5241

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The version of Opera installed on the remote host is earlier than 10.01. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Error messages can leak onto unrelated sites, potentially leading to cross-site scripting attacks. (941)

- A heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion. (942)


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

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1010

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5241

Family: Web Clients

Published: 11/24/2009

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 42892

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

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