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GLSA-200903-30 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 35943
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-200903-30 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Opera:
Vitaly McLain reported a heap-based buffer overflow when processing host names in file:// URLs (CVE-2008-5178).
Alexios Fakos reported a vulnerability in the HTML parsing engine when processing web pages that trigger an invalid pointer calculation and heap corruption (CVE-2008-5679).
Red XIII reported that certain text-area contents can be manipulated to cause a buffer overlow (CVE-2008-5680).
David Bloom discovered that unspecified 'scripted URLs' are not blocked during the feed preview (CVE-2008-5681).
Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team reported a Cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2008-5682).
An unspecified vulnerability reveals random data (CVE-2008-5683).
Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team reported a vulnerability when processing JPEG images that may corrupt memory (CVE-2009-0914).
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted JPEG image to cause a Denial of Service or execute arbitrary code, to process an overly long file:// URL or to open a specially crafted web page to execute arbitrary code. He could also read existing subscriptions and force subscriptions to arbitrary feed URLs, as well as inject arbitrary web script or HTML via built-in XSLT templates.
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-9.64'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35943
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200903-30.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 3/17/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5178, CVE-2008-5679, CVE-2008-5680, CVE-2008-5681, CVE-2008-5682, CVE-2008-5683, CVE-2009-0914