Opera Web Browser up to 7.49 Referer information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.49. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Referer Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-1561. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.49 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Referer Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Opera, probably before 7.50, sends Referer headers containing https:// URLs in requests for http:// URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading Referer log data.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1561 since 07/14/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Upgrading to version 7.50 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-21463 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Opera

Name

• Web Browser

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.12
• 7.13
• 7.14
• 7.15
• 7.16
• 7.17
• 7.18
• 7.19
• 7.20
• 7.21
• 7.22
• 7.23
• 7.24
• 7.25
• 7.26
• 7.27
• 7.28
• 7.29
• 7.30
• 7.31
• 7.32
• 7.33
• 7.34
• 7.35
• 7.36
• 7.37
• 7.38
• 7.39
• 7.40
• 7.41
• 7.42
• 7.43
• 7.44
• 7.45
• 7.46
• 7.47
• 7.48
• 7.49

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.opera.com/

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