Software update: Opera 7.01
It’s been less than a week since Opera 7.0 came out, but the diligent developers at the software company have released another update for their browser. The release is version number 7.01 and fixes a number of security, privacy and stability issues. The full changelog looks like this:
Security fixes
- In a cross-domain attack, functions in one document could be replaced with functions from another document and domain
- This could allow page and system content to be read
- In two similar cross-domain attacks, JavaScript code could be inserted into documents in the FILE domain
- This could allow system content to be read
Privacy fixes
- Insecure property on history object
- This could allow the next and previous URLs in a document’s window to be read by documents not authorized to see them
- Content of JavaScript console could be read from another document
- This could allow URLs that had script failures to be read
miscellaneous
- Fixed some stability issues
- Help files updated
[break]Windows users can download the update here to pick up. Unfortunately, users of other operating systems will have to wait a little longer.
| Version number | 7.01 |
| Operating systems | Windows 9x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP |
| Website | Opera |
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| License type | Shareware |