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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-08.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-08.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5f4c82a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-08.xml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200701-08"> + <title>Opera: Two remote code execution vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Two vulnerabilities may allow the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">opera</product> + <announced>January 12, 2007</announced> + <revised>January 12, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>160369</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-client/opera" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">9.10</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">9.10</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Opera is a multi-platform web browser. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Christoph Deal discovered that JPEG files with a specially crafted DHT + marker can be exploited to cause a heap overflow. Furthermore, an + anonymous person discovered that Opera does not correctly handle + objects passed to the "createSVGTransformFromMatrix()" function. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerabilities to execute + arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Opera by + enticing a victim to open a specially crafted JPEG file or a website + containing malicious JavaScript code. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + The vendor recommends disabling JavaScript to avoid the + "createSVGTransformFromMatrix" vulnerability. There is no known + workaround for the other vulnerability. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Opera users should update to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-9.10"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=851">Opera Advisory (createSVGTransformFromMatrix)</uri> + <uri link="http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=852">Opera Advisory (JPEG)</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0126">CVE-2007-0126</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0127">CVE-2007-0127</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:37:33 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:37:44 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:43:10 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> +</glsa> |