Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:15521

Info

Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15521
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 22 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Jakob Balle, Secunia Research.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.50
Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0 2
Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0 1
Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.51

Discussion

Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Opera Web Browser is affected by an arbitrary command execution vulnerability.

User-supplied data passed through a URI is not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to use a specially crafted URI and enticing a user to follow it to execute arbitrary commands through the shell.

This attack may facilitate unauthorized remote access.

Opera 8.50 and prior versions running on Unix and Linux platforms are vulnerable to this issue. This vulnerability is identical to BID 14888 (Mozilla Browser/Firefox Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Opera 8.51 has been released to address this issue.

SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2005:028 is available to address various issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200512-10 to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Gentoo users may carry out the following commands to update their computers:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-8.51"


Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0

Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0 1

Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.0 2

Opera Software Opera Web Browser 8.50

References

Opera Web Browser Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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