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Opera JPEG Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20787
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Release Date:
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2006-06-23
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Last Update:
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2006-07-06
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Opera 8.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3198 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
VigilantMinds has reported a vulnerability in Opera browser, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow when processing JPEG images and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted JPEG image.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 8.54. Prior versions may also be affected.
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Solution:
Upgrade to version 9.0.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Chris Ries, VigilantMinds.
Changelog:
2006-07-06: Updated advisory.
Original Advisory:
VigilantMinds:
http://www.vigilantminds.com/advi_detail.php?id=45
Opera Software:
http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=834
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