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Opera Multiple Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

VUPEN ID VUPEN/ADV-2009-0586
CVE ID CVE-2009-0914 - CVE-2009-0915 - CVE-2009-0916
 
CWE ID Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
CVSS V2 Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Rated as Critical 
Impact Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Authentication Level Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Access Vector Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Release Date 2009-03-03
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Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system.

The first issue is caused by a memory corruption error when processing a malformed JPEG image, which could be exploited to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code.

The second vulnerability is caused by an unspecified error related to plug-ins, which could be exploited to conduct cross domain scripting attacks.

The third issue is caused by an unspecified error.

Affected Products

Opera version 9.63 and prior

Solution 

Upgrade to Opera version 9.64 :
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/964/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0586
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/964/
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/926/

In-depth Binary Analysis 

Available in customer area as part of VUPEN Binary Analysis & Exploits Service and VUPEN Vulnerability Notification Service Ultimate Feed Edition.
 

Private Exploit or PoC 

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Credits 

Vulnerabilities reported by Tavis Ormandy (Google Security Team), Adam Barth, and the vendor.

Changelog 

2009-03-03 : Initial release

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Monthly Statistics 

 

 VUPEN Security Advisories By Criticality: Aug 2010


  Critical Risk

: 0%

  High Risk
: 0%

  Moderate Risk
: 0%

  Low Risk
: 100%

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