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>> Opera Browser Security Update Fixes URL Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Opera Browser Security Update Fixes URL Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4066
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4819
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-10-17
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A vulnerability has been identified in Opera, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a heap overflow error when processing an overly long URL (e.g. embedded in an "iframe" tag), which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable browser or execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted Web page.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by iDEFENSE
ChangeLog
2006-10-17 : Initial release
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