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Opera Window Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13253
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Release Date:
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2004-12-08
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Last Update:
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2005-06-16
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Opera 7.x
Opera 8.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1157 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of web sites.
The problem is that a web site can inject content into another site's window if the target name of the window is known. This can e.g. be exploited by a malicious web site to spoof the content of a pop-up window opened on a trusted web site.
This is related to:
SA11978
Secunia has constructed a test, which can be used to check if your browser is affected by this issue:
http://secunia.com/multiple_browsers_window_injection_vulnerability_test/
The vulnerability has been confirmed in Opera versions 7.54 and 8.0. Other versions may also be affected.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution:
Update to version 8.01.
http://www.opera.com/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Secunia Research
Changelog:
2004-12-10: Added CVE reference.
2004-12-13: Added information about Security update 7.54u1.
2005-02-22: Added information about Security update 7.54u2.
2005-03-07: Updated advisory.
2005-06-16: Added Opera 8 as affected. Updated description and solution.
Original Advisory:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-13/advisory/
Opera Software:
http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=782
Other References:
SA11978:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11978/
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