|
Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities
|
|
Secunia Advisory:
|
SA31549
|
|
|
Release Date:
|
2008-08-20
|
|
Last Update:
|
2008-10-09
|
|
Popularity:
|
12,470 views
|
|
|
Critical:
|
Highly critical
|
|
Impact:
|
Security Bypass
Spoofing
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
|
|
Where:
|
From remote
|
|
Solution Status:
|
Vendor Patch
|
|
| Software: | Opera 5.x
Opera 6.x
Opera 7.x
Opera 8.x
Opera 9.x
|
|
|
Subscribe:
|
Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities 
|
|
| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-4292
CVE-2008-4293
CVE-2008-4195
CVE-2008-4196
CVE-2008-4197
CVE-2008-4198
CVE-2008-4199
CVE-2008-4200
|
|
Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, disclose potentially sensitive information, or potentially compromise a user's system.
1) An unspecified error exists when Opera is executed as a protocol handler. This can be exploited to cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code.
NOTE: Reportedly, the vulnerability only affects Opera for Windows.
2) The problem is that a web page can change the address of frames from other sites opened inside a pop-up window. This can be exploited to load malicious content into a frame of a trusted website.
3) An unspecified error can be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. No further information is currently available.
4) An error exists in the processing of custom shortcut and menu commands. This can be exploited to execute applications with potentially dangerous parameters, created from uninitialized memory.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires that a user is tricked into modifying shortcuts or menu files.
5) An error exists while reporting websites as secure for browsing. This can be exploited to determine the reporting of an insecure website as secure by including a frame with content from a secure website.
6) An error exists when checking if a web page links to a local file. This can be exploited to link to local feed source files and potentially determine if a file is present on the local system.
7) An error exists when processing news feed subscription requests. This can be exploited to change the address field to the address of the malicious web page and mislead a user.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 9.52.
Solution:
Update to version 9.52.
http://www.opera.com/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
3) Chris Weber of Casaba Security
4) Michael A. Puls II
5) Lars Kleinschmidt
Changelog:
2008-10-09: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/892/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/893/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/894/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/895/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/896/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/897/
|
|
|
Track this Secunia Advisory
|
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.
Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.
|
|
|
About this Secunia Advisory
|
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
|
