82726 : Opera Crafted X.509 SSL Certificate Validation Failure MiTM Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-05-25

Description

Opera contains a flaw that is triggered by a failure to properly validate X.509 SSL certificates. This may make it easier for an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Cryptographic, Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.63 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Opera Software ASA

Opera

9.62

References

CVE ID: 2012-1251 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN39707339/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000049
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/963/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/963/
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/963/

Credit

Not Available

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-06-05 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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