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Gentoo: GLSA-202401-19 moderate: opera remote execution risk

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Debian Linux has released an important notice regarding vulnerabilities in Firefox that may pose serious risks of unauthorized code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Opera, the worst of which can lead to remote code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Opera. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update remote execution multiple issues opera

Resolution

All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-73.0.3856.284"
All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/opera-beta-73.0.3856.284"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15999 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Opera: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: January 15, 2024
Bugs: #750929
ID: 202401-19

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update remote execution multiple issues opera

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Opera, the worst of which can lead to remote code execution.

Background

Opera is a fast web browser that is available free of charge.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected --------------------- --------------- ---------------- www-client/opera < 73.0.3856.284 >= 73.0.3856.284 www-client/opera-beta < 73.0.3856.284 >= 73.0.3856.284

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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