Opera DoS Vulnerability (Nov 2009) - Linux
🗓️ 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| opera -- multiple vulnerabilities | 28 Oct 200900:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Opera < 10.01 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 28 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Opera < 10.01 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 28 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (2fda6bd2-c53c-11de-b157-001999392805) | 2 Nov 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201206-03 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities | 21 Jun 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Opera < 10.01 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 28 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : opera (opera-1532) | 11 Nov 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : opera (opera-1532) | 11 Nov 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : opera (opera-1532) | 11 Nov 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2009-3831 | 30 Oct 200920:05 | – | cve |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| opera | www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1001/ |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/36850 |
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/37182 |
| opera | www.opera.com/support/kb/view/938/ |
| vupen | www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3073 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801141");
script_version("2025-12-17T05:46:28+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-17 05:46:28 +0000 (Wed, 17 Dec 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-04 07:03:36 +0100 (Wed, 04 Nov 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3831");
script_name("Opera DoS Vulnerability (Nov 2009) - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/37182");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36850");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/938/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1001/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3073");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_opera_detection_linux_900037.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Opera/Linux/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attacks may lead to Denial of Service (DoS) on the
affected application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Opera version prior to 10.01 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An error when processing domain names can be exploited to cause a memory
corruption.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Opera version 10.01 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Opera Web Browser is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
operaVer = get_kb_item("Opera/Linux/Version");
if(!operaVer)
exit(0);
if(version_is_less(version:operaVer, test_version:"10.01")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:operaVer, fixed_version:"10.01");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
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