Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5680 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Opera Browser
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in Opera before 9.63 might allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted text area, or allow (2) user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long host name in a file: URL. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2008-5178.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
description | Opera 9.62 file:// Local Heap Overflow Exploit. CVE-2008-5178,CVE-2008-5680. Local exploit for windows platform |
file | exploits/windows/local/7135.html |
id | EDB-ID:7135 |
last seen | 2016-02-01 |
modified | 2008-11-17 |
platform | windows |
port | |
published | 2008-11-17 |
reporter | Guido Landi |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/7135/ |
title | Opera 9.62 file:// Local Heap Overflow Exploit |
type | local |
Nessus
NASL family | Gentoo Local Security Checks |
NASL id | GENTOO_GLSA-200903-30.NASL |
description | The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-30 (Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Opera: Vitaly McLain reported a heap-based buffer overflow when processing host names in file:// URLs (CVE-2008-5178). Alexios Fakos reported a vulnerability in the HTML parsing engine when processing web pages that trigger an invalid pointer calculation and heap corruption (CVE-2008-5679). Red XIII reported that certain text-area contents can be manipulated to cause a buffer overlow (CVE-2008-5680). David Bloom discovered that unspecified |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 35943 |
published | 2009-03-17 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35943 |
title | GLSA-200903-30 : Opera: Multiple vulnerabilities |
code |
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References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021456
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021457
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/922/
- http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/920/
- http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/963/
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-30.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34294
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498499/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498543/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498517/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498481/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498452/100/0/threaded