Opera 7.0 Security Holes ... Fixed

An anonymous reader writes "GreyMagic has issued five new security advisories for the recently-released Opera 7.0. They affect the security model, the javascript console, images, the history and the error log (allowing access to the history). A new version will be released within 24 hours to fix the holes, according to an article at The Register." Update: 02/05 02:01 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "Opera Software have just released Opera 7.01 for Windows. This version fixes the recently discovered security holes less than 24 hours after they were discovered - a very impressive turnaround! The release is currently only available on Opera's FTP site. It can be downloaded with Java (12.9Mb) or without (3.3Mb)."

Comments

Slashdot == Bugtrack

[nickgrieve]

News for nerds, stuff that matters

More news and stuff that matters please.

Oh well.

[brsmith4]

I use mozilla, so I really can't speak for opera. What I can say is this: I'll be sticking to my free 'bloatware' until A) It's no longer developed B) I am forced at gunpoint to run a piece of shitty software that I have to pay for.

Re:Oh well.

[@madeus]

Or how about: 'It's shitty because I, like the poster and lots of other people, think that it is slower than the alternatives and has a poor user interface.'

It's nothing to do with the fact that it costs money, IMO it just sucks. I've paid for web browsers, I paid for Netscape 4.0, I paid for Omniweb (both around 40 USD) but I wouldn't use Opera if it was the only free browser on earth. I would rather use the Hot Java browser and it _really_ sucks.

Opera just doesn't render as quickly or as well as Galeon, Chimera or a number of other similar derivatives. It's 'speed' claims are actually primarily related to it's UI responsiveness - not, in many cases, actually how fast it renders real world pages, particularly with embeded content.

On OS X it's slower than Chimera, Safari, IE, Mozilla (!), and even the god awful crud that is iCab.

I want a cross between Omniweb's great feature set, but with tabs, the Google bar, snap back, Chimera's rendering system (NOT KHTML, yuck!) and Safari's speed.

Re:Or...Safari

[Anonymous Coward]

LOL
Besides the improvements
what ever next
Besides the diffrences Linux is just the same as Windows.

Thank goodness that didn't let me know

[lingenfr]

It chaps my butt just a bit that Opera did not have the courtesy to send me an email letting me know that a new version was available. I registered my Windows and Linux versions. Maybe their email server is buggy too.

Over 10 million opera users

[Anonymous Coward]

Opera has over 10 million users of their browsers, keeping in mind that some still use version 6 and even 5. Your comment was inaccurate, immature, and stupid. Please put your bottom lip over your head and swallow. In other words, what me and the rest of everyone here are saying to you is SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Re:Who in their mind...

[Selfbain]

Unusable if you have the IQ of a pop-tart maybe. It seems fairly straight-forward to me, if you don't want to use the extra features just ignore them.