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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2012-6461

Medium
5/10

Summary

The X.509 certificate-validation functionality in the https implementation in Opera before 12.10 allows remote attackers to trigger a false indication of successful revocation-status checking by causing a failure of a single checking service.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published