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Opera 'IFRAME' Denial Of Service vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Opera Browser and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper handling of 'JavaScript' code which contains an infinite loop, that creates IFRAME elements for invalid news:// or nntp:// URIs.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Opera version 9.52
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Opera Version 10 or later.