Opera Web Browser prior 9.0 Certificates cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability has been found in Opera Web Browser (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Opera before 10.00 trusts root X.509 certificates signed with the MD2 algorithm, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted server certificate.

The weakness was disclosed 09/02/2009 by Dan Kaminsky with Casaba Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at opera.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-3045. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59631 (GLSA-201206-03 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53070) and Tenable (59631). The entries 4967, 4968, 4969 and 4970 are pretty similar.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 59631
Nessus Name: GLSA-201206-03 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800888
OpenVAS Name: Opera Multiple URL Spoofing Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 9.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: opera.com
Researcher: Dan Kaminsky
Organization: Casaba Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3045 (🔍)
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X-Force: 53070
Vulnerability Center: 23417 - Opera \x3C 10.00 Trusts Root X.509 Certificates Signed with MD2 Algorithm, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36202 - Opera Web Browser prior to 10 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/20/2021 22:34
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (60), 02/13/2017 16:18 (10), 08/20/2021 22:21 (4), 08/20/2021 22:34 (1)
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