Opera releases version 9.64 of its popular web browser to those who are using it. This release is focused on stability and security upgrade/fixes so don’t seem to be any new features built into it.
Changes and improvements since Opera 9.63 (from the official Opera 9.64 changelog)
Security
- Fixed an issue where specially crafted JPEG images could be used to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team; see our advisory
- Fixed an issue where plug-ins could be used to allow cross domain scripting, as reported by Adam Barth; details will be disclosed at a later date.
- Fixed a moderately severe issue; details will be disclosed at a later date.
- Added support for the following platform-specific features:
- DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in Microsoft WindowsXP® with Service Pack 2 and higher and Microsoft Windows Server 2003® with Service Pack 1
- ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in Microsoft Windows Vista®
- Added Untrusted Rootstore Capability:
- Opera downloads only the detailed information about untrusted (blacklisted) certificates when they are encountered
- If download fails for certificate information in the list, Opera considers any certificate matching the ID as untrusted
- Added version conditional fetching of certificate dependencies from an online repository
- Fixed a problem downloading the CRL (Certificate Revocation List)
- Fixed a problem that could cause SSL to deadlock in one state, hanging the connection
- Fixed a problem that could cause the incorrect calculation of Certificate IDs
- Implemented Extended Validation (EV) for cross-signed EV Root Certificates not shipped by default
- Implemented preshipping of the Entrust 2048 CA (Certificate Authority)
- Implemented Root Certificate fetching from an online repository when an intermediate matches a certificate in the repository
- Improved support for weak encryption when importing .p12 private certificates
- Prevented security information documents from being written to disk
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a problem which created separate feed notifications; Opera now groups them together
- Fixed a problem with inline find when no content was entered and the Enter key was pressed
- Implemented opacity on text styled with hexidecimal color codes
- Installing an external source viewer no longer requires an Opera restart
- Installing Opera sets it as the default browser; this may be reset during the install process
