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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902182
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Opera Browser Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:Opera Web Browser is prone to Multiple Denial of Service vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Opera Web Browser is prone to Multiple Denial of Service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple flaws are due to:

- Opera executes a mail application in situations where an 'IMG' element has
a 'SRC' attribute that is a redirect to a mailto: URL, which allows remote
attackers to launch excessive application via an HTML document with many
images.

- Improper handling of 'IFRAME' element with a mailto: URL in its 'SRC'
attribute, which allows remote attackers to consume resources via an HTML
document with many IFRAME elements.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause
a denial of service.

Affected Software/OS:
Opera version 9.52 and prior on Windows.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective
features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1989
Bugtraq: 20100518 DoS vulnerabilities in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera and other browsers (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded
http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11664
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1993
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11952
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:014 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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