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Bug 251155 - www-client/opera <9.63 - Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary: www-client/opera <9.63 - Multiple vulnerabilities
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 247229
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/...
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Reported: 2008-12-16 12:16 UTC by Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED)
Modified: 2008-12-16 12:34 UTC (History)
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Description Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-12-16 12:16:07 UTC
= Changes since Opera 9.62 =
=  Security  =
* Manipulating text input contents can allow execution of arbitrary code, as reported by Red XIII. See our advisory[1].
* HTML parsing flaw can cause Opera to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Alexios Fakos. See our advisory[2].
* Long hostnames in file: URLs can cause execution of arbitrary code, as reported by Vitaly McLain. see our advisory[3].
* Script injection in feed preview can reveal contents of unrelated news feeds, as reported by David Bloom. See our advisory[4].
* Built-in XSLT templates can allow cross-site scripting, as reported by Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team. See our advisory[5].
* Fixed an issue that could reveal random data, as reported by Matthew of Hispasec Sistemas. Details will be disclosed at a later date.
* SVG images embedded using <img> tags can no longer execute Java or plugin content, suggested by Chris Evans.

[1] http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/920/
[2] http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/921/
[3] http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/922/
[4] http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/923/
[5] http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/924/
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-12-16 12:31:35 UTC
# ChangeLog for www-client/opera
# Copyright 2002-2008 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/www-client/opera/ChangeLog,v 1.309 2008/12/16 12:30:58 jer Exp $

*opera-9.63 (16 Dec 2008)

  16 Dec 2008; Jeroen Roovers <jer@gentoo.org> +opera-9.63.ebuild:
  Version bump (bug #251155).
Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-12-16 12:34:48 UTC
Hmm

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 247229 ***