Updates 11/19/12 - SpywareBlaster, Opera

Opera 12.11

The following has been copied/pasted from http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1211/ :

Release date: 2012-11-20

Opera 12.11 is a recommended upgrade offering security and stability enhancements.

Fixes and Stability Enhancements since Opera 12.10

General and User Interface

• • Several general fixes and stability improvements

( Mac-only         Fixed a crash related to updating the state of some extensions’ toolbar icons )

Network and Site-Specific

• Fixed several issues related to SPDY
• Gmail: Fixed an issue that could cause Gmail not to load

Security

• Fixed an issue where HTTP response heap buffer overflow could allow execution of arbitrary code; see our advisory
• Fixed an issue where error pages could be used to guess local file paths; see our advisory

Concerning Opera, the following was copied/pasted from http://secunia.com/advisories/51331/

Description

A weakness and a [highly critical] vulnerability have been reported in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information and compromise a user's system.

1) The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling HTTP responses and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code.

2) The weakness is caused due to an error when handling error pages and can be exploited to determine the presence of local files.

The weakness and the vulnerability are reported in versions prior to 12.11.

Solution
Update to version 12.11.

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