__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN OPera Web Browser Vulnerabilities [Security Focus 27901] February 26, 2008 15:00 GMT Number S-204 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Opera Web Browser is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities, including code-execution issues and a file-upload issue. PLATFORM: versions prior to Opera 9.26 DAMAGE: Execute remote script code. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Attackers can exploit these issues to ASSESSMENT: execute remote script code and obtain sensitive data. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-204.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27901/discuss ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Security Focus 27901 *****] Opera Web Browser 9.25 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Opera Web Browser is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities, including code-execution issues and a file-upload issue. Attackers can exploit these issues to execute remote script code and obtain sensitive data. These issues affect versions prior to Opera 9.26. Bugtraq ID: 27901 Class: Unknown CVE: Remote: Yes Local: No Published: Feb 20 2008 12:00AM Updated: Feb 21 2008 06:03PM Credit: Max Leonov, Arnaud, and Mozilla are credited with the discovery of theses issues. Vulnerable: Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.25 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.24 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.23 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.22 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.21 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.20 beta1 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.20 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.10 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.02 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.01 Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9 Not Vulnerable: Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.26 [***** End Security Focus 27901 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Security Focus for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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