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)."

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Not fixed in 24hours

[friday2k]

Opera knew earlier about them. From a Bugtraq post:
For the five advisories posted today concerning Opera 7, I have not seen and information on when and how Opera Software was notified of the problems, and if they were/when planning for a fixed release.

Alright, after reading:

http://my.opera.com/forums/showthread.php?s=9034 e4 c94d7495e8166839fd2b242753&threadid=10657

and:

http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/29177.html

It looks like Opera Software was notified 1/31, and asked for the announcement to be delayed until 1/6.

Was there a good reason to post the vulnerabilities today rather than thursday?