Opera Web Browser Multiple Vulnerabilities - Dec08 (Linux)

Summary
The host is installed with Opera web browser and is prone to multiple Vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful remote attack could inject arbitrary code, information disclosure, execute java or plugin content and can even crash the application. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Opera 9.63 http://www.opera.com/download/
Insight
The flaws are due to - a buffer overflow error when handling certain text-area contents. - a memory corruption error when processing certain HTML constructs. - an input validation error in the feed preview feature when processing URLs. - an error in the built-in XSLT templates that incorrectly handle escaped content. - an error which could be exploited to reveal random data. - an error when processing SVG images embedded using img tags.
Affected
Opera version prior to 9.63 on Linux.
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