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>> Opera Web Browser Background Style URI Handling Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Title : Opera Web Browser Background Style URI Handling Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2987
CVE ID : CVE-2006-3945
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-07-26
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A vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when setting the CSS "background" property of a DHTML element to an overly long URL (e.g. HTTP or HTTPS), which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted Web page.
Affected Products
Opera version 9
Solution
Upgrade to Opera version 9.01 :
http://www.opera.com/download/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2987
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-26-opera-css-background.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by H.D. Moore
ChangeLog
2006-07-26 : Initial release
2006-07-26 : Updated Advisory
2006-08-02 : Updated Solution
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