National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4819
Original release date:10/17/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in Opera 9.0 and 9.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in a tag (long link address).
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#484380
Name: VU#484380
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=848
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20061017 Opera Software Opera Web Browser URL Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: opera-tag-url-bo(29632)
External Source: BID
Name: 20591
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:061
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-4066
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1017080
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22509
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22218
