[PCWorks] Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:01:40 -0500
TITLE:
Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37182
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37182/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Opera, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information,
conduct spoofing attacks, or compromise a user's system.
1) An error when processing domain names can be exploited to
cause a
memory corruption.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
2) An error when running scripts on the feed subscription page
can be
exploited to disclose feed information or automatically
subscribe to a
feed.
3) An error when processing web fonts on Windows can be
exploited to
change the font of the address field and display an arbitrary
domain
name as an address.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 10.01.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 10.01.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Opera:
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/938/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/939/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/940/
Inferno:
http://securethoughts.com/2009/10/hijacking-operas-native-page-using-malicious-rss-payloads/
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