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Opera Web Browser Select Object Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Opera Web Browser and is prone to Select Object Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
This flaw is due to improper boundary check while passing data into the select() method and can be exploited by passing a large integer value resulting in memory exhaustion.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Opera version 9.64 and prior on Linux
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to opera version 10 beta 1 or later.