openSUSE Security Update : opera (opera-116)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40089

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Opera 9.51 was released as security and bugfix update.

Full details are on http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/951/

CVE-2008-3078: Opera before 9.51 does not properly manage memory within functions supporting the CANVAS element, which allows remote attackers to read uninitialized memory contents by using JavaScript to read a canvas image.

Solution

Update the affected opera package.

See Also

https://help.opera.com/en/latest/

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=411499

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40089

File Name: suse_11_0_opera-080723.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:opera, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3078

CWE: 200