The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to
remote code execution and information disclosure Vulnerabilities.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_opera_info_disc_n_code_exec_lin.nasl 6539 2017-07-05 12:02:14Z cfischer $
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# Opera Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Chandan S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), 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.
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tag_impact = "Successful remote attack could inject arbitrary code, launch
cross site attacks, information disclosure and can even steal related DB
(DataBase) contents.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Opera version prior to 9.60 on Linux.";
tag_insight = "Flaws are due to,
- an error in Opera.dll, that fails to anchor identifier (optional argument)
- an unknown error predicting the cache pathname of a cached Java
applet and then launching this applet from the cache.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Opera 9.60 or later
http://www.opera.com/download/";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to
remote code execution and information disclosure Vulnerabilities.";
if(description)
{
script_id(800047);
script_version("$Revision: 6539 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-05 14:02:14 +0200 (Wed, 05 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-10-30 06:53:04 +0100 (Thu, 30 Oct 2008)");
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-2008-4694", "CVE-2008-4695");
script_name("Opera Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (Linux)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/901/");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/902/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_opera_detection_linux_900037.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Opera/Linux/Version");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
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:"9.60")){
security_message(0);
}