[ GLSA 200502-17 ] Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200502-17)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: February 14, 2005
Updated: December 30, 2007
Bug(s): #73871, #74076, #74321, #81747
ID: 200502-17

Synopsis

Opera is vulnerable to several vulnerabilities which could result in information disclosure and facilitate execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Opera is a multi-platform web browser.

Affected Packages

Package: www-client/opera
Vulnerable: < 7.54-r3
Unaffected: >= 7.54-r3
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Opera contains several vulnerabilities:

• fails to properly validate Content-Type and filename.
• fails to properly validate date: URIs.
• uses kfmclient exec as the Default Application to handle downloaded files when integrated with KDE.
• fails to properly control frames.
• uses Sun Java packages insecurely.
• searches an insecure path for plugins.

Impact

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to:

• execute arbitrary code.
• load a malicious frame in the context of another browser session.
• leak information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version: