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GLSA-200708-17 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 26040

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200708-17 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 An error known as 'a virtual function call on an invalid pointer' has been discovered in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2007-4367). Furthermore, iDefense Labs reported that an already-freed pointer may be still used under unspecified circumstances in the BitTorrent support (CVE-2007-3929). At last, minor other errors have been discovered, relative to memory read protection (Opera Advisory 861) and URI displays (CVE-2007-3142, CVE-2007-3819).
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could trigger the BitTorrent vulnerability by enticing a user into starting a malicious BitTorrent download, and execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. Additionally, a specially crafted JavaScript may trigger the 'virtual function' vulnerability. The JavaScript engine can also access previously freed but uncleaned memory. Finally, a user can be fooled with a too long HTTP server name that does not fit the dialog box, or a URI containing whitespaces.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time for all these vulnerabilities.

Solution

All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/opera-9.23'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?52da28e4

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200708-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 26040

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200708-17.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 9/14/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:opera, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3142, CVE-2007-3819, CVE-2007-3929, CVE-2007-4367

BID: 24352, 24917, 24970

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200708-17