Updated version of Opera for PC

23rd August 2007

The norwegian company Opera Software has released an updated version of same browser for personal computers.
In Opera 9.23 the developers has removed a number of vulnerabilities identified since the release of the previous version of the product. The Opera Company, in particular, arrived patched a dangerous bug, in theory providing the possibility of obtaining unauthorized access to a remote computer and executing malicious code on it. The problem is related to the peculiarities of the browserâ€™s processing formed in a special way JavaScript code. To realize the attack, intruders have to decoy a victim to the malicious Web page.
It is worth while noticing, that the error was discovered by the company Opera by means of specialized software tool JavaScript Fuzzer developed by programmers community Mozilla.org.
As for other vulnerabilities discovered in Opera, they do not represent a lot of risk. Developers patched four bugs, which could be used by attackers for the emergency program shutting down. In addition, the errors were corrected, negatively affecting the stability of the browser.
Size: 6.2 MB.