Summary
This host is installed with Opera and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation lets the attacker cause memory or CPU consumption, resulting in Denial of Service condition.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgarde to Opera Version 10 or later,
For updates refer to http://www.opera.com/download/
Insight
- Error caused by calling the 'window.print' function in a loop aka a 'printing DoS attack'.
- CPU consumption issue exists when a series of automatic submissions of a form containing a KEYGEN element.
- Error exists when application fails to handle user supplied input into the 'write' method via a long Unicode string argument.
Affected
Opera version 9.52 and prior on Windows.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-7245, CVE-2009-2577, CVE-2009-3269 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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