openSUSE 10 Security Update : opera (opera-1697)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27372

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The webbrowser Opera has been upgraded to version 9.0 to add lots of new features, and to fix the following security problem :

CVE-2006-3198: An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Opera Web Browser due to the improper handling of JPEG files.

If excessively large height and width values are specified in certain fields of a JPEG file, an integer overflow may cause Opera to allocate insufficient memory for the image. This will lead to a buffer overflow when the image is loaded into memory, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected opera package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27372

File Name: suse_opera-1697.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3198

Detections

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