openSUSE Security Update : Opera (openSUSE-SU-2013:0273-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74884

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Opera 12.13 is a recommended upgrade offering security and stability enhancements.

-fixed an issue where Opera gets internal communication errors on Facebook

-fixed an issue where no webpages load on startup, if Opera is disconnected from the Internet

-fixed an issue where images will not load after back navigation, when a site uses the HTML5 history API (deviantart.com)

-improved protection against hijacking of the default search, including a one-time reset

-fixed an issue where DOM events manipulation might be used to execute arbitrary code;

-fixed an issue where use of SVG clipPaths could allow execution of arbitrary code;

-fixed a low severity security issue; details will be disclosed at a later date

-fixed an issue where CORS requests could omit the preflight request;

Also check out http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1213

Solution

Update the affected Opera packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74884

File Name: openSUSE-2013-109.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 4/2/2025

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2013

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