Opera Web Browser 9.21 authentication spoofing

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A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser 9.21 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Visual truncation vulnerability in Opera 9.21 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a long hostname, which is truncated after 34 characters, as demonstrated by a phishing attack using HTTP Basic Authentication.

The weakness was published 06/04/2007 by Alex (Website). The advisory is shared at security.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3142 since 06/11/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25755 (Opera < 9.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115570 (Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34983) and Tenable (25755). Similar entries are available at 37208, 37207 and 37206.

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 25755
Nessus Name: Opera < 9.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 58598
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200708-17 (opera)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: security.gentoo.org
Researcher: Alex
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3142 (🔍)
X-Force: 34983
Vulnerability Center: 15369 - Opera Browser 9.21 Spoofing of Address Bar Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24352 - Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 26545
OSVDB: 43463 - Opera Hostname Basic Authentication Status Bar Truncation Spoofing

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/20/2019 16:31
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (77), 07/20/2019 16:31 (1)
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