Opera 9.64 version has been released. Its a recommended security and stability upgrade. It incorporates the Opera Presto 2.1.1 user agent engine.

Changes since Opera 9.63:

Security:

• Fixed an issue where specially crafted JPEG images could be used to execute arbitrary code
• Fixed an issue where plug-ins could be used to allow cross domain scripting
• Fixed a moderately severe issue
• Added support for DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and higher and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1
• Added support for ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in Microsoft Windows Vista
• Added Untrusted Rootstore Capability
• 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 hexadecimal 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
• Fixed an issue where History Search could be used to execute arbitrary code.
• The links panel no longer allows cross-site scripting.

You can download the latest version from following link:

Download Opera 9.64

This article was posted in Browsers, Opera, Software Zone.

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