Advisory : Opera Window Object Suppressing Remote Denial of Service
Opera Window Object Suppressing Remote Denial of Service.
*Version Affected:*
Opera 9.52
*Severity:*
High
*Description:*
The opera browser is vulnerable to window object based denial of
service attack. The opera fails to sanitize a check when window.close()
function is called in number of dynamically generated events.. The
function is called in a suppressed manner and kills the parent window
directly by default which makes it vulnerable to denial of service attack.
This security issue is a result of design flaw in the browser.Scripts
must not
close windows that were not opened by script,if script specific code is
designed.
There must be a parent window confirmation check prior to close of window.
*Proof of Concept*
*http://www.secniche.org/opera952/index.html*
Links:
http://www.secniche.org/advisory.html
http://evilfingers.com/advisory/index.php
*Detection:*
SecNiche confirmed this vulnerability affects Opera on Microsoft
Windows XP SP2 platform.The versions tested are:
Opera 9.52
*Disclosure Timeline:*
Disclosed: 28 September 2008
Release Date. 28 September ,2008
*Vendor Response:*
Vulnerability reported to Opera. Bug ID 365663
*Credit:*
Aditya K Sood
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