Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

BID:24352

Info

Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24352
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-3142
CVE-2007-3143
CVE-2007-3144
CVE-2007-3145
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 04 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:39PM
Credit: Alex and Ronald of The Hacker Webzine discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10.SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SuSE Linux Professional 10.2 x86_64
SuSE Linux Personal 10.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 10
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 ppc
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 ppc
Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.21
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: Opera Software Opera Web Browser 9.22

Discussion

Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

Opera Web Browser is prone to an HTTP basic authentication domain-spoofing vulnerability.

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability via a malicious webpage to spoof the origin of an HTTP basic authentication dialog that the victim may trust. Attackers may find this issue useful in phishing or other attacks that rely on content spoofing.

Opera 9.21 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Reports indicate that other browsers are also vulnerable, but this has not been confirmed.

Exploit / POC

Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to visit a maliciously crafted webpage.

The following proof-of-concept webpage has been created to demonstrate this issue:

http://testing.bitsploit.de/test.html

Solution / Fix

Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Opera 9.22.

Please see the referenced advisories for further information.

References

Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

References:
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