Opera and Konqueror malformed image denial of service
| opera-konqueror-image-dos (10126) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Opera is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could send an overly wide image file to a vulnerable application or client, which would cause the victim's Web browser to crash, once the image file is opened.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
For Opera 6.01 build 175 for Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of Opera (6.03 for Linux or later) available from the Opera Software Web site. See References.
For KDE versions prior to 3.01:
Upgrade to the latest version of KDE (3.0.3 or later), available from the K Desktop Environment (KDE) Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Sep 15 2002 - 12:07:02 CDT : Bug in Opera and Konqueror .
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Sep 17 2002 - 11:37:48 CDT : Re: Bug in Opera and Konqueror.
- K Desktop Environment (KDE) Web site: K Desktop Environment Home (kde.org).
- Opera Software Web site: Download Opera.
- BID-5717: Opera Oversized Image Width Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- BID-5721: KDE Konqueror Oversized Image Width Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-2332: Buffer overflow in Opera 6.01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IMG tag with large width and height attributes.
- CVE-2002-2333: Buffer overflow in konqueror in KDE 2.1 through 3.0 and 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IMG tag with large width and height attributes.
Platforms Affected:
- KDE K Desktop Environment (KDE) prior to 3.01
- Opera Opera Browser 6.01 b175 for Linux
Reported:
Sep 15, 2002
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