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GLSA-200804-14 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 31961

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-14 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Michal Zalewski reported two vulnerabilities, memory corruption when adding news feed sources from a website (CVE-2008-1761) as well as when processing HTML CANVAS elements to use scaled images (CVE-2008-1762).
 Additionally, an unspecified weakness related to keyboard handling of password inputs has been reported (CVE-2008-1764).
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to visit a specially crafted web site or news feed and possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Opera.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/opera-9.27'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31961

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-14.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 4/17/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:gentoo:linux:opera, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1761, CVE-2008-1762, CVE-2008-1764

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200804-14