The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to
Multiple Denial of Service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_opera_mult_dos_vuln_win.nasl 5401 2017-02-23 09:46:07Z teissa $
#
# Opera Browser Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# 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.
#
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# 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 exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause
a denial of service.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Opera version 9.52 and prior on Windows.";
tag_insight = "Multiple flaws are due to,
- Opera executes a mail application in situations where an 'IMG' element has
a 'SRC' attribute that is a redirect to a mailto: URL, which allows remote
attackers to launch excessive application via an HTML document with many
images.
- Improper handling of 'IFRAME' element with a mailto: URL in its 'SRC'
attribute, which allows remote attackers to consume resources via an HTML
document with many IFRAME elements.";
tag_solution = "No solution or patch was made available for at least one year
since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective
features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to
Multiple Denial of Service vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(902182);
script_version("$Revision: 5401 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-23 10:46:07 +0100 (Thu, 23 Feb 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-05-25 13:56:16 +0200 (Tue, 25 May 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1989", "CVE-2010-1993");
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_name("Opera Browser Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://websecurity.com.ua/4206/");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511327/100/0/threaded");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 SecPod");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_opera_detection_win_900036.nasl");
script_require_keys("Opera/Win/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:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
## Get Opera version from from KB list
operaVer = get_kb_item("Opera/Win/Version");
if(!operaVer){
exit(0);
}
## Check if version is lesser than 9.52
if(version_is_less_equal(version:operaVer, test_version:"9.52")){
security_message(0);
}