Opera < 11.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55506

Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Opera installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 11.10 and thus is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified vulnerability allows remote attackers to hijack searches and customizations using unspecified third-party applications. (CVE-2011-2634)

- Several errors exist that can cause application crashes. Affected items or functionalities are the handling of the CSS pseudo-class ':hover' if used with transforms on a floated element, unspecified web content, and the handling of an embedded Java applet with empty parameters. (CVE-2011-2635, CVE-2011-2636, CVE-2011-2637, CVE-2011-2638, CVE-2011-2640)

- An error in the handling of hidden animated GIF images can cause a denial of service through CPU consumption as image repaints are triggered. (CVE-2011-2639)

Solution

Upgrade to Opera 11.10 or later.

See Also

http://web.archive.org/web/20170916114750/http://www.opera.com:80/docs/changelogs/windows/1110/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55506

File Name: opera_1110.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/5/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:opera:opera_browser

Required KB Items: SMB/Opera/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2634, CVE-2011-2635, CVE-2011-2636, CVE-2011-2637, CVE-2011-2638, CVE-2011-2639, CVE-2011-2640

BID: 48569, 48634