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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-31.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-31.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..44f2e528 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-31.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?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="200710-31"> + <title>Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Opera contains multiple vulnerabilities, which may allow the execution of + arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">opera</product> + <announced>October 30, 2007</announced> + <revised>October 30, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>196164</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-client/opera" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">9.24</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">9.24</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Opera is a multi-platform web browser. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Michael A. Puls II discovered an unspecified flaw when launching + external email or newsgroup clients (CVE-2007-5541). David Bloom + discovered that when displaying frames from different websites, the + same-origin policy is not correctly enforced (CVE-2007-5540). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could potentially exploit the first vulnerability to + execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Opera by + enticing a user to visit a specially crafted URL. Note that this + vulnerability requires an external e-mail or newsgroup client + configured in Opera to be exploitable. The second vulnerability allows + an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser + session in context of other sites or the theft of browser credentials. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time for all these + vulnerabilities. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-9.24"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5540">CVE-2007-5540</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5541">CVE-2007-5541</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:07:58 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:37:32 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |