Detections
Analytics

GLSA-200712-22 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 29819

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-200712-22 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 David Bloom reported two vulnerabilities where plug-ins (CVE-2007-6520) and Rich text editing (CVE-2007-6522) could be used to allow cross domain scripting. Alexander Klink (Cynops GmbH) discovered an issue with TLS certificates (CVE-2007-6521). Gynvael Coldwind reported that bitmaps might reveal random data from memory (CVE-2007-6524).
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code and cross domain scripting.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/opera-9.25'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 29819

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200712-22.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 12/31/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6520, CVE-2007-6521, CVE-2007-6522, CVE-2007-6524

CWE: 200, 310, 79

GLSA: 200712-22