Gentoo: GLSA-200405-19 Normal: Opera Telnet URI Handler Attack

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200405-19 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Opera telnet URI handler file creation/truncation vulnerability Date: May 25, 2004 Bugs: #50857 ID: 200405-19

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability exists in Opera's telnet URI handler that may allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background ========= Opera is a multi-platform web browser.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-www/opera < 7.50_beta1 >= 7.50_beta1
========== The telnet URI handler in Opera does not check for leading '-' characters in the host name. Consequently, a maliciously-crafted telnet:// link may b...