Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1489 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in Opera Browser

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Opera 7.54 and earlier does not properly limit an applet's access to internal Java packages from Sun, which allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information, such as user names and the installation directory.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200502-17.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-17 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities) Opera contains several vulnerabilities: fails to properly validate Content-Type and filename. fails to properly validate date: URIs. uses kfmclient exec as the Default Application to handle downloaded files when integrated with KDE. fails to properly control frames. uses Sun Java packages insecurely. searches an insecure path for plugins. Impact : An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to: execute arbitrary code. load a malicious frame in the context of another browser session. leak information. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id16458
published2005-02-15
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16458
titleGLSA-200502-17 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-17.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(16458);
  script_version("1.17");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1157", "CVE-2004-1489", "CVE-2004-1490", "CVE-2004-1491", "CVE-2005-0456", "CVE-2005-0457");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200502-17");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200502-17 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-17
(Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Opera contains several vulnerabilities:
    fails to properly validate Content-Type and filename.
    fails to properly validate date: URIs.
    uses kfmclient exec as the Default Application to handle downloaded
    files when integrated with KDE.
    fails to properly control frames.
    uses Sun Java packages insecurely.
    searches an insecure path for plugins.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to:
    execute arbitrary code.
    load a malicious frame in the context of another browser
    session.
    leak information.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  # http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u1/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.opera.com/computer/linux"
  );
  # http://www.opera.com/linux/changelogs/754u2/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.opera.com/computer/linux"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-17"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Opera users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/opera-7.54-r3'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:opera");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/02/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/02/15");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/opera", unaffected:make_list("ge 7.54-r3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 7.54-r3"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Opera");
}