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Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 9 Oct 2008 4718 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information or compromise a vulnerable system.

1. Due to an error when processing page redirects to a specially crafted address (URL), which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code.

2. Due to an error when caching Java applet, which could allow attackers to load an applet from the cache, causing it to run in the context of the local machine and read arbitrary cache files.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution
  • Information Disclosure

System / Technologies affected

  • Opera versions prior to 9.6

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.


Vulnerability Identifier

  • No CVE information is available

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