Opera web browser news URL denial of service vulnerabilit
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: opera_news_url_dos.nasl 6063 2017-05-03 09:03:05Z teissa $
# Description: Opera web browser news url denial of service vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# David Maciejak <david dot maciejak at kyxar dot fr>
# based on work from (C) Tenable Network Security
# Updated: 02/12/2009 Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
tag_summary = "The remote host is using Opera - an alternative web browser.
This version reportedly occurs when processing a 'news:' URL
of excessive length, that may result in a denial of service.
It has been reported that this issue will trigger a condition
that will prevent Opera from functioning until the program
has been reinstalled.
solution : Install Opera 7.20 or newer.";
# Ref: David F. Madrid <[email protected]>
if(description)
{
script_id(14249);
script_version("$Revision: 6063 $");
script_bugtraq_id(7430);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-05-03 11:03:05 +0200 (Wed, 03 May 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_name("Opera web browser news url denial of service vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
script_family("Windows");
script_dependencies("secpod_opera_detection_win_900036.nasl");
script_require_keys("Opera/Win/Version");
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
OperaVer = get_kb_item("Opera/Win/Version");
if(!OperaVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less_equal(version:OperaVer, test_version:"7.19")){
security_message(0);
}
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