Secunia Advisory: SA26138
Release Date: 2007-07-19
Critical: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software: Opera 9.x
Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system
The vulnerability is caused due to Opera using already freed memory when parsing BitTorrent headers and can lead to an invalid object pointer being dereferenced. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code, when the user is tricked into clicking on a specially crafted BitTorrent file and then removes it via a right-click from the download pane.
The vulnerability is reported in version 9.21 on Windows. Other versions may also be affected.
Secunia has constructed the Secunia Software Inspector, which you can use to check if your system is vulnerable:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/
Solution:
Update to version 9.22.
Bollettino Secunia
Release Date: 2007-07-19
Critical: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software: Opera 9.x
Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system
The vulnerability is caused due to Opera using already freed memory when parsing BitTorrent headers and can lead to an invalid object pointer being dereferenced. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code, when the user is tricked into clicking on a specially crafted BitTorrent file and then removes it via a right-click from the download pane.
The vulnerability is reported in version 9.21 on Windows. Other versions may also be affected.
Secunia has constructed the Secunia Software Inspector, which you can use to check if your system is vulnerable:
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/
Solution:
Update to version 9.22.
Bollettino Secunia