Opera Web Browser 8 Beta 3 SSL Certificate authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Opera Web Browser 8 Beta 3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component SSL Certificate. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1139. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Opera Web Browser 8 Beta 3 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code of the component SSL Certificate. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Opera 8 Beta 3, when using first-generation vetted digital certificates, displays the Organizational information of an SSL certificate, which is easily spoofed and can facilitate phishing attacks.

The bug was discovered 06/15/2005. The weakness was presented 04/14/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at geotrust.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1139 since 04/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19240 (SUSE-SA:2005:031: opera), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40503), Tenable (19240), SecurityFocus (BID 13176†), OSVDB (15627†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8741†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 19240
Nessus Name: SUSE-SA:2005:031: opera
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: geotrust.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24203
X-Force: 40503
SecurityFocus: 13176 - Opera SSL Security Feature Design Error Vulnerability
OSVDB: 15627 - Opera SSL spoofing
Vulnerability Center: 8741 - Opera 8 Beta 3 Displays Organizational Information of an SSL Certificate, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/01/2021 15:28
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (63), 06/07/2019 19:04 (3), 07/01/2021 15:28 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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