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Opera web browser news url denial of service vulnerability

Family:

Windows

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

Summary:

Determines the version of Opera.exe

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

7430

Xrefs:

-

Description:

The remote host is using Opera - an alternative web browser.

This version reportedly occurs when processing a 'news:' URL
of excessive length, that may result in a denial of service.
It has been reported that this issue will trigger a condition
that will prevent Opera from functioning until the program
has been reinstalled.


Solution : Install Opera 7.20 or newer.
Risk factor : High