CVE-2013-1618 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can recover plaintext from TLS connections via timing side-channel attacks on Opera browsers, exposing sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-1618?
CVE-2013-1618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opera Opera Browser, published on 8 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TLS implementation in Opera before 12.13 does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a MAC check operation during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2013-0169.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1618?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opera Opera Browser.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1618?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-1618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opera Opera Browser
- CVE-2013-3211 Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 12.15 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a "moderately severe issue."
- CVE-2012-4145 Other in n/a
- CVE-2012-3559 Other in n/a
- CVE-2012-3561 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2011-4683 Unspecified vulnerability in Opera before 11.60 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a "moderately severe issue."
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cjrv-3xx9-58f9.