Opera releases version 9.64

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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

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