Opera news feed weak security
| opera-newsfeed1-weak-security (46005) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Opera could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an error in the news feed preview feature. By persuading a victim to view a specially-crafted news feed, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability either to subscribe the victim to arbitrary news feeds, or to view the contents of feeds to which the victim is currently subscribed.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.8 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Other
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Opera (9.61 or later), available from the Opera Download Web site. See References.
References:
- Opera Download Web site: Opera 9.61 for Windows.
- Opera Software Knowledge Base Article 905: Advisory: Feed preview can reveal contents of unrelated news feeds.
- BID-31842: Opera Web Browser Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-4698: Opera before 9.61 does not properly block scripts during preview of a news feed, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary new feed subscriptions and read the contents of arbitrary feeds.
- GLSA-200811-01: Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SA32299: Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2008:022: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2873: Opera Information Disclosure and Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- Opera Opera Browser 9.0
- Opera Opera Browser 9.01
- Opera Opera Browser 9.02
- Opera Opera Browser 9.10
- Opera Opera Browser 9.20 Beta1
- Opera Opera Browser 9.20
- Opera Opera Browser 9.21
- Opera Opera Browser 9.22
- Opera Opera Browser 9.23
- Opera Opera Browser 9.24
- Opera Opera Browser 9.25
- Opera Opera Browser 9.26
- Opera Opera Browser 9.27
- Opera Opera Browser 9.50
- Opera Opera Browser 9.50 Beta
- Opera Opera Browser 9.51
- Opera Opera Browser 9.52
- Opera Opera Browser 9.60 Beta
- Opera Opera Browser 9.60
Reported:
Oct 21, 2008
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