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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Cc: bugtraq@×××××××××××××.com, full-disclosure@××××××××××××.com, security-alerts@×××××××××××××.com
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200407-15 ] Opera: Multiple spoofing vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 19:35:27
Message-Id: 200407202129.04890.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Normal
11 Title: Opera: Multiple spoofing vulnerabilities
12 Date: July 20, 2004
13 Bugs: #56311, #56109
14 ID: 200407-15
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18 Synopsis
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21 Opera contains three vulnerabilities, allowing an attacker to
22 impersonate legitimate websites with URI obfuscation or to spoof
23 websites with frame injection.
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25 Background
26 ==========
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28 Opera is a multi-platform web browser.
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30 Affected packages
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34 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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36 1 net-www/opera <= 7.52 >= 7.53
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38 Description
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41 Opera fails to remove illegal characters from an URI of a link and to
42 check that the target frame of a link belongs to the same website as
43 the link. Opera also updates the address bar before loading a page.
44 Additionally, Opera contains a certificate verification problem.
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46 Impact
47 ======
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49 These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to impersonate legitimate
50 websites to steal sensitive information from users. This could be done
51 by obfuscating the real URI of a link or by injecting a malicious frame
52 into an arbitrary frame of another browser window.
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54 Workaround
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57 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
58 upgrade to the latest available version.
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60 Resolution
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63 All Opera users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
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65 # emerge sync
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67 # emerge -pv ">=net-www/opera-7.53"
68 # emerge ">=net-www/opera-7.53"
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70 References
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73 [ 1 ] Bugtraq Announcement
74 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10517
75 [ 2 ] Secunia Advisory SA11978
76 http://secunia.com/advisories/11978/
77 [ 3 ] Secunia Advisory SA12028
78 http://secunia.com/advisories/12028/
79 [ 4 ] Opera Changelog
80 http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/753/
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82 Availability
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85 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
86 the Gentoo Security Website:
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88 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-15.xml
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90 Concerns?
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93 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
94 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
95 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
96 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
97 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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99 License
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102 Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
103 belongs to its owner(s).
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105 The contents of this document are licensed under the
106 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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108 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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