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Opera Browser 'Content-Length' Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when processing malformed HTTP 'Content-Length:' headers.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Opera version 10.10 on Linux.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Opera version 10.53 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)