openSUSE Security Update : opera (openSUSE-SU-2012:1702-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74855

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- Update to 12.12

- Fixes and Stability Enhancements

- New option 'Delete settings and data for all extensions' option (off by default) in the Delete Private Data dialog

- Corrected an issue where using the 'Delete Private Data' dialog could delete extension and settings data

- Redesigned the 'Delete Private Data' dialog to be more usable with small screens

- Fixed an issue where quitting Opera while in fullscreen mode could cripple the interface on the next start-up

- Fixed an issue where malformed GIF images could allow execution of arbitrary code

- Fixed an issue where repeated attempts to access a target site could trigger address field spoofing

- Fixed an issue where private data could be disclosed to other computer users, or be modified by them

- full changelog available at:
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1212

Solution

Update the affected opera packages.

See Also

https://help.opera.com/en/latest/

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795061

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00063.html

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00081.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74855

File Name: openSUSE-2012-885.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera-kde4, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2012