Opera < 9.01 Malformed 'HREF' DoS

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800807

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is using Opera 9.00. The version of Opera installed on the remote host contains a flaw in the way that it handles very large links. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince an Opera user to browse to a malicious URI. Successful exploitation would result in the browser crashing.

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.01 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 800807

Family: Web Clients

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3199

BID: 18585

Detections

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