Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 Certificates cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Certificates. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-6521. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 7.19 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 9.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLS certificates.

The bug was discovered 12/19/2007. The weakness was shared 12/24/2007 by Gynvael Coldwind (Alex) (Website). The advisory is shared at opera.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6521 since 12/24/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29771 (FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (31b045e7-ae75-11dc-a5f9-001a4d49522b)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165035 (SUSE Security Update for Opera (SUSE-SA:2008:001)).

Upgrading to version 7.20 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39161), Tenable (29771), SecurityFocus (BID 26937†), OSVDB (42694†) and Secunia (SA28169†). The entries VDB-40232, VDB-40231, VDB-40230 and VDB-40228 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 29771
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : opera -- multiple vulnerabilities (31b045e7-ae75-11dc-a5f9-001a4d49522b)
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OpenVAS ID: 60053
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: opera, opera-devel, linux-opera
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 7.20

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: opera.com
Researcher: Gynvael Coldwind (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6521 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6521
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40229
X-Force: 39161
SecurityFocus: 26937 - Opera Web Browser Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28169
OSVDB: 42694 - CVE-2007-6521 - Opera Software - Opera - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019131
Vulnerability Center: 17164 - Opera Web Browser < 9.25 Remote Code Execution via Crafted TLS Certificates, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4261

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/01/2019 20:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (75), 08/01/2019 20:59 (12)
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