GLSA 200502-17: Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	02/14/2005
Bugs:	#73871, #74076, #74321, #81747
ID:	200502-17

Synopsis

Opera is vulnerable to several vulnerabilities which could result in information disclosure and facilitate execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Opera is a multi-platform web browser.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/opera	< 7.54-r3	>= 7.54-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Opera contains several vulnerabilities:

fails to properly validate Content-Type and filename.
fails to properly validate date: URIs.
uses kfmclient exec as the Default Application to handle downloaded files when integrated with KDE.
fails to properly control frames.
uses Sun Java packages insecurely.
searches an insecure path for plugins.

Impact

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to:

execute arbitrary code.
load a malicious frame in the context of another browser session.
leak information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-7.54-r3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml

Concerns?

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