Gentoo: GLSA-200701-08 Normal: Opera Two Code Execution Threats
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January 12, 2007
Two vulnerabilities may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-08
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Opera: Two remote code execution vulnerabilities
Date: January 12, 2007
Bugs: #160369
ID: 200701-08
Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
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 www-client/opera < 9.10 >= 9.10
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Christoph Deal discovered that JPEG files with a specially crafted DHT
marker can be exploited to cause a heap overflow. Furthermore, an
anonymous person discovered that Opera does not correctly handle
objects passed to the "crea...
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