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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-05 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Opera: Multiple new vulnerabilities |
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Date: August 05, 2004 |
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Bugs: #59503 |
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ID: 200408-05 |
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Synopsis |
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Several new vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Opera, including |
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one allowing an attacker to read the local filesystem remotely. |
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Background |
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Opera is a multi-platform web browser. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-www/opera <= 7.53 >= 7.54 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Opera web browser. |
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Opera fails to deny write access to the "location" browser object. An |
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attacker can overwrite methods in this object and gain script access to |
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any page that uses one of these methods. Furthermore, access to file:// |
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URLs is possible even from pages loaded using other protocols. Finally, |
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spoofing a legitimate web page is still possible, despite the fixes |
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announced in GLSA 200407-15. |
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Impact |
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By enticing an user to visit specially crafted web pages, an attacker |
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can read files located on the victim's file system, read emails written |
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or received by M2, Opera's mail program, steal cookies, spoof URLs, |
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track user browsing history, etc. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to |
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upgrade to the latest available version. |
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Resolution |
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All Opera users should upgrade to the latest stable version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=net-www/opera-7.54" |
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# emerge ">=net-www/opera-7.54" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Opera Changelog |
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http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754/ |
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[ 2 ] Address bar spoofing issue disclosure |
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.html |
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[ 3 ] GreyMagic Security Advisory GM#008-OP |
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http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm008-op/ |
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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-200408-05.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 2004 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/1.0 |
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