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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-09
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Severity: Normal
Title: Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 04, 2008
Bugs: #210260
ID: 200803-09
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Opera, allowing for
file disclosure, privilege escalation and Cross-Site scripting.
Background
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Opera is a fast web browser that is available free of charge.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/opera < 9.26 >= 9.26
Description
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Mozilla discovered that Opera does not handle input to file form fields
properly, allowing scripts to manipulate the file path (CVE-2008-1080).
Max Leonov found out that image comments might be treated as scripts,
and run within the wrong security context (CVE-2008-1081). Arnaud
reported that a wrong representation of DOM attribute values of
imported XML documents allows them to bypass sanitization filters
(CVE-2008-1082).
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to upload a file with a known
path by entering text into a specially crafted form, to execute scripts
outside intended security boundaries and conduct Cross-Site Scripting
attacks.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-9.26"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1080
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1080
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-1081
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1081
[ 3 ] CVE-2008-1082
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1082
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-09.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
