Gentoo: GLSA-200708-17 Normal: Opera Arbitrary Code Execution
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August 23, 2007
Opera contain several vulnerabilities, some of which may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-17
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 22, 2007
Bugs: #185497, #188987
ID: 200708-17
Synopsis
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Opera contain several vulnerabilities, some of which 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 < 9.23 >= 9.23
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An error known as "a virtual function call on an invalid pointer" has
been discovered in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2007-4367). Furthermore,
iDefense Labs reported that an already-freed pointer may be stil...
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