National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4200

Overview

Opera before 9.52 does not ensure that the address field of a news feed represents the feed's actual URL, which allows remote attackers to change this field to display the URL of a page containing web script controlled by the attacker.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/897/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/897/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/952/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/952/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/

External Source: XF

Name: opera-newsfeed-weak-security(44559)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44559

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2416

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020723

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020723

External Source: BID

Name: 30768

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30768

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080923 Re: CVE request: Opera < 9.52 multiple vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080919 CVE request: Opera < 9.52 multiple vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200811-01

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32538

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32538

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31549

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31549

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298