Opera Web Browser up to 9.62 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Opera Web Browser up to 9.62. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-5679. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Opera Web Browser up to 9.62 (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The HTML parsing engine in Opera before 9.63 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted web pages that trigger an invalid pointer calculation and heap corruption.

The bug was discovered 12/16/2008. The weakness was presented 12/19/2008 by Alexios Fakos with n.runs AG (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5679 since 12/19/2008. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/23/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35943 (GLSA-200903-30 : 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 and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47470), Tenable (35943), SecurityFocus (BID 32891†), OSVDB (50954†) and Secunia (SA34294†). See VDB-45597, VDB-45596, VDB-45595 and VDB-45594 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 35943
Nessus Name: GLSA-200903-30 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63614
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-30 (opera)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Browser 5.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Alexios Fakos
Organization: n.runs AG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5679 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45593
X-Force: 47470
SecurityFocus: 32891 - Opera Web Browser HTML Parsing Heap-Based Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 34294
OSVDB: 50954 - Opera Web Browser - HTML Parsing Heap-Based Remote Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021460
Vulnerability Center: 20388 - Opera < 9.63 HTML Parsing Engine Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/23/2019 09:44
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (71), 08/23/2019 09:44 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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