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Opera Browser Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to Multiple Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to, - Opera executes a mail application in situations where an 'IMG' element has a 'SRC' attribute that is a redirect to a mailto: URL, which allows remote attackers to launch excessive application via an HTML document with many images. - Improper handling of 'IFRAME' element with a mailto: URL in its 'SRC' attribute, which allows remote attackers to consume resources via an HTML document with many IFRAME elements.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Opera version 9.52 and prior on Windows.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.