FreeBSD : opera -- URL parsing heap overflow vulnerability (4867ae85-608d-11db-8faf-000c6ec775d9)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22909

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

iDefense Labs reports :

Remote exploitation of a heap overflow vulnerability within version 9 of Opera Software's Opera Web browser could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

A flaw exists within Opera when parsing a tag that contains a URL. A heap buffer with a constant size of 256 bytes is allocated to store the URL, and the tag's URL is copied into this buffer without sufficient bounds checking of its length.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22909

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4867ae85608d11db8faf000c6ec775d9.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 10/25/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-opera, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:opera, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:opera-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4819

Secunia: 22218

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