Nessus Plugin #14250

Plugin Index

Note: This file has been created from a downloaded version of the Nessus Plugins from http://www.nessus.org/. Therefore, the information here can be outdated.

Opera skin zip file buffer overflow 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:

9089

Xrefs:

OSVDB:2854

Description:

The remote host is using Opera - an alternative web browser.
This version is vulnerable to a security weakness.

A problem has been identified in the handling of zipped skin
files by Opera. Because of this, it may be possible for an attacker
to gain unauthorized access to a system using the vulnerable browser.

Solution : Install Opera 7.23 or newer.

Risk factor : High