Opera bookmark title denial of service
| opera-bookmark-title-dos (23549) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Opera is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker could create a Web page with a large title that when bookmarked by a victim would cause the browser to crash once the browser is restarted after bookmarking the malicious site.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Opera (8.51 or later), available from the Opera Download page. See References.
References:
- BID-15813: Opera Web Browser Long Title Element Bookmark Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-4210: Opera before 8.51, when running on Windows with Input Method Editor (IME) installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent application crash) by bookmarking a site with a long title.
- OSVDB ID: 21641: Opera Bookmarked Page Title Overflow DoS
- SA17963: Opera Bookmark Large Title Denial of Service Weakness
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-2846: Opera Bookmark Title Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Opera Opera Browser prior to 8.51
Reported:
Dec 12, 2005
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