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Opera Web Browser Select Object Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)

🗓️ 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Opera Web Browser Select Object Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X). Successful exploitation will let the attacker crash the browser leading to denial of service. The flaw is due to an improper boundary check while passing data into the select() method and can be exploited by passing a large integer value resulting in memory exhaustion

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_opera_select_dos_vuln_macosx.nasl 5958 2017-04-17 09:02:19Z teissa $
#
# Opera Web Browser Select Object Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 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.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will let the attacker crash the browser leading to
  denial of service.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Opera version 9.64 and prior on Mac OS X";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to an improper boundary check while passing data into
  the select() method and can be exploited by passing a large integer value
  resulting in memory exhaustion.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to opera version 10 beta 1 or later,
  For updates refer to http://www.opera.com/download";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to select object
  denial of service vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(802754);
  script_version("$Revision: 5958 $");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2540", "CVE-2009-1692");
  script_bugtraq_id(35446);
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-04-17 11:02:19 +0200 (Mon, 17 Apr 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-04-19 10:28:43 +0530 (Thu, 19 Apr 2012)");
  script_name("Opera Web Browser Select Object Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9160");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52874");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_opera_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Opera/MacOSX/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:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

## Variable Initialization
operaVer = "";

## Get Opera Version from KB
operaVer = get_kb_item("Opera/MacOSX/Version");
if(!operaVer){
  exit(0);
}

# Check for Opera version <= 9.64
if(version_is_less_equal(version:operaVer, test_version:"9.64")){
  security_message(0);
}

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