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>> Opera Browser CSS Attribute Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Opera Browser CSS Attribute Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1354
CVE ID : CVE-2006-1834
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-04-13
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A vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when processing an overly long CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) attribute (e.g. "font-family"), which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted web page.
Affected Products
Opera version 8.53 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to Opera version 8.54 :
http://www.opera.com/download/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1354
http://www.sec-consult.com/259.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by SEC Consult
ChangeLog
2006-04-13 : Initial release
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