Opera Unicode String Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)

This host is installed with Opera and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: secpodoperaunicodestrdosvulnlin.nasl 5122 2017-01-27 12:16:00Z teissa $ Opera Unicode String Denial Of Service Vulnerability Linux Authors: Sharath S Updated for New CVE's - By Shara...

CVE-2009-2577

CVE-2009-2577 is an Opera Unicode String Denial of Service vulnerability affecting Opera 9.52 and earlier. The issue allows a remote attacker to trigger a Denial of Service by supplying a long Unicode string argument to the write method, leading to CPU/memory consumption and an application hang. ...