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Opera Torrent File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25278
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Release Date:
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2007-05-21
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Last Update:
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2007-06-01
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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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 9.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2809 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling of certain keys in torrent files and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user right-clicks a malicious torrent entry in the transfer manager.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 9.20 for Windows. Other versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Update to version 9.21.
http://www.opera.com/download/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by enhalos and reported via iDefense Labs.
Changelog:
2007-05-23: Added additional information from Secunia Research.
2007-05-24: Added additional information from iDefense Labs.
2007-06-01: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Opera Software:
http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/860/
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=535
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