VDB-49123 · CVE-2009-2577 · OpenVAS 900804

Opera Web Browser up to 8.50 string resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Opera Web Browser up to 8.50. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument string causes resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-2577. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Opera Web Browser up to 8.50 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument string with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Opera 9.52 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption, and application hang) via a long Unicode string argument to the write method, a related issue to CVE-2009-2479.

The weakness was presented 07/22/2009 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2577 since 07/22/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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

See VDB-49124 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 900804
OpenVAS Name: Opera Unicode String Denial Of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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07/22/2009 🔍
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03/18/2015 +2065 days 🔍
12/18/2017 +1006 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: opera.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-2577 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2577
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49123
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/18/2017 08:24
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (52), 12/18/2017 08:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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