82955 : Opera Timed Change Address Bar Manipulation URL Spoofing Weakness
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Timeline
Disclosure Date
2012-06-14

Description

Opera contains a flaw that is triggered by the program not properly verifying changes to the address bar during unusually timed changes to the field. This may make it easier for an attacker to spoof the address bar.

Classification

 Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 12.00 or higher (or 11.65 for Mac), as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Opera Software ASA
Opera
 12.00 beta

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-06-15 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_0 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_0

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