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Opera Unicode String Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Opera and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
- Error caused by calling the 'window.print' function in a loop aka a 'printing DoS attack'. - CPU consumption issue exists when a series of automatic submissions of a form containing a KEYGEN element. - Error exists when application fails to handle user supplied input into the 'write' method via a long Unicode string argument.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Opera version 9.52 and prior on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Opera Version 10 or later.