Opera Software released new version of Opera web browser on last Wednesday (20th of August). Version 9.52 of the Windows version of the software fixes seven vulnerabilities, including a startup crash that creates a means for hackers to inject hostile code on certain systems. There's also a fix for a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug, details of which Opera hasn't released.
XSS flaws, in general, allow hackers to present the content of third party sites under their control in the context of a site they wish to impersonate. The approach is therefore useful in phishing attacks or other similar scams.
Links to advisories about six other fixed vulnerabilities can be read from Release Notes which contains also details about numerous stability and performance improvements made in this latest version of the browser.
New version can be downloaded here.
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