openSUSE 10 Security Update : opera (opera-4858)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 29884

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Opera released version 9.25 of their browser to fix various security problems.

CVE-2007-6520: Fixed an issue where plug-ins could be used to allow cross domain scripting, as reported by David Bloom. Details will be disclosed at a later date.

CVE-2007-6521: Fixed an issue with TLS certificates that could be used to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Alexander Klink (Cynops GmbH). Details will be disclosed at a later date.

CVE-2007-6522: Rich text editing can no longer be used to allow cross domain scripting, as reported by David Bloom. See our advisory.

CVE-2007-6523: Fixed a problem where malformed BMP files could cause Opera to temporarily freeze.

CVE-2007-6524: Prevented bitmaps from revealing random data from memory, as reported by Gynvael Coldwind. Details will be disclosed at a later date.

Solution

Update the affected opera package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 29884

File Name: suse_opera-4858.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6520, CVE-2007-6521, CVE-2007-6522, CVE-2007-6523, CVE-2007-6524

CWE: 189, 200, 310, 399, 79