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>> Opera Browser BitTorrent Header Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Title : Opera Browser BitTorrent Header Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2584
CVE ID : CVE-2007-3929
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-07-20
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A vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an error when parsing a specially crafted BitTorrent header, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a vulnerable browser to use memory that has already been freed, resulting in an invalid object pointer being dereferenced when a user right clicks on the transfer and removes it.
Affected Products
Opera versions prior to 9.22
Solution
Upgrade to Opera version 9.22 :
http://www.opera.com/download/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2584
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=564
Credits
Vulnerability reported by enhalos and iDefense Labs.
ChangeLog
2007-07-20 : Initial release
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