PT-2008-5496 · Opera · Opera

Published 2008-09-27 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4198

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Opera versions prior to 9.52

Description The issue occurs when Opera renders an http page that has loaded an https page into a frame. In this scenario, Opera displays a padlock icon and offers a security information dialog, incorrectly reporting a secure connection. This could allow remote attackers to trick a user into performing unsafe actions on the http page.

Recommendations For Opera versions prior to 9.52, update to version 9.52 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4198

Affected Products

Opera

References · 17

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32538 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4198 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2416 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/4 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952 · Note
• http://opera.com/support/search/view/895 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952 · Note
• http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/952 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/19/2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30768 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020721 · Note