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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-22 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: December 30, 2007 |
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Bugs: #202770 |
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ID: 200712-22 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Opera, allowing for the |
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execution of arbitrary code and cross domain scripting. |
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Background |
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Opera is a fast Web browser that is available free of charge. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-client/opera < 9.25 >= 9.25 |
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Description |
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David Bloom reported two vulnerabilities where plug-ins (CVE-2007-6520) |
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and Rich text editing (CVE-2007-6522) could be used to allow cross |
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domain scripting. Alexander Klink (Cynops GmbH) discovered an issue |
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with TLS certificates (CVE-2007-6521). Gynvael Coldwind reported that |
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bitmaps might reveal random data from memory (CVE-2007-6524). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilites, possibly leading |
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to the execution of arbitrary code and cross domain scripting. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-9.25" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6520 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6520 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2007-6521 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6521 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2007-6522 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6522 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2007-6524 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6524 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-22.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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