[security-alerts] FW: [SA22218] Opera Web Browser URL Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> TITLE:
> Opera Web Browser URL Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA22218
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/22218/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Highly critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> System access
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> Opera 9.x
> http://secunia.com/product/10615/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in Opera Web Browser, which can be
> exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
> 
> The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing
> overly long URLs. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
> overflow by passing an overly long URL (more than 256 bytes) in a
> tag.
> 
> Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a
> user visits a malicious website.
> 
> The vulnerability is reported in versions 9.0 and 9.01 on Windows and
> Linux. Version 8.x is reportedly not affected.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 9.02.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> Opera Software:
> http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=848
> 
> iDefense Labs:
> http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.
> php?id=424
>