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CVE-2008-4200

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-08-25	opera -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-4200 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-4200
Phase	Assigned(20080923)

Description

Opera before 9.52 does not ensure that the address field of a news feed represents the feed's actual URL, which allows remote attackers to change this field to display the URL of a page containing web script controlled by the attacker.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20080919 CVE request: Opera < 9.52 multiple vulnerabilities
MLIST	[oss-security] 20080923 Re: CVE request: Opera < 9.52 multiple vulnerabilities
CONFIRM	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235298
CONFIRM	http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/952/
CONFIRM	http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/952/
CONFIRM	http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/952/
CONFIRM	http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/952/
CONFIRM	http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/952/
CONFIRM	http://www.opera.com/support/search/view/897/
GENTOO	GLSA-200811-01
BID	30768
SECTRACK	1020723
SECUNIA	32538
SECUNIA	31549
VUPEN	ADV-2008-2416
XF	opera-newsfeed-weak-security(44559)