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Opera < 7.11 Filename Extension Handling Overflow

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800833

Synopsis

N/A

Description

The remote host is using Opera as a web browser. The version installed has a buffer overflow in the portion of its code that handles the filename extensions of the web pages. An attacker may execute arbitrary code on this host by setting up a rogue web server which bogus file extensions containing a shell code.

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.11 or higher.

See Also

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-04/0346.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 800833

Family: Web Clients

Nessus ID: 11578

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1396

BID: 7450