Gentoo: GLSA-200405-19 Normal: Opera Telnet URI Handler Attack
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May 25, 2004
A vulnerability exists in Opera's telnet URI handler that may allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files.
Summary
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
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A vulnerability exists in Opera's telnet URI handler that may allow a
remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background
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Opera is a multi-platform web browser.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-www/opera < 7.50_beta1 >= 7.50_beta1
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The telnet URI handler in Opera does not check for leading '-'
characters in the host name. Consequently, a maliciously-crafted
telnet:// link may b...
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