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openSUSE Security Update : opera (opera-366)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40289

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Opera 9.63 fixes the following security problems :

 - Manipulating text input contents can allow execution of arbitrary code

 - HTML parsing flaw can cause Opera to execute arbitrary code.

 - Long hostnames in file: URLs can cause execution of arbitrary code.

 - Script injection in feed preview can reveal contents of unrelated news feeds.

 - Built-in XSLT templates can allow cross-site scripting.

 - Fixed an issue that could reveal random data.

 - SVG images embedded using <img> tags can no longer execute Java or plugin content.

Solution

Update the affected opera package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459404

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40289

File Name: suse_11_1_opera-081217.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2008