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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800066
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Opera Web Browser Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:Opera Web Browser is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Opera Web Browser is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to an error while processing an overly long
file:// URI.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful remote attack could allow arbitrary code execution
by tricking user into opening malicious HTML file.

Affected Software/OS:
Opera version 9.62 and prior on Windows.

Solution:
Upgrade to Opera 9.63.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5178
BugTraq ID: 32323
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32323
Bugtraq: 20081117 Opera 9.6x file:// overflow (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0110.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7135
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml
http://osvdb.org/49882
http://secunia.com/advisories/32752
http://secunia.com/advisories/34294
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3183
XForce ISS Database: opera-filehandler-bo(46653)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46653
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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