National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2660

Overview

Opera before 10.54 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 10.60 on UNIX platforms, does not properly restrict certain uses of homograph characters in domain names, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof IDN domains via unspecified choices of characters.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1673

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1673

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1529

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1529

External Source: BID

Name: 40973

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40973

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/961/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/961/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1054/

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1054/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1060/

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1060/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1054/

Hyperlink:http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1054/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40250

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40250

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11603

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11603

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11603

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11603