Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities
Last Update Date:
21 Nov 2012 10:47
Release Date:
21 Nov 2012
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RISK: High Risk
TYPE: Clients - Browsers
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information and compromise a user's system.
- The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling HTTP responses and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code.
- The weakness is caused due to an error when handling error pages and can be exploited to determine the presence of local files.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
- Information Disclosure
System / Technologies affected
- Opera versions prior to 12.11
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Update to version 12.11.
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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