Opera patches two browser security flaws
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Well Linux fans that use Opera can breath easier for the time being. The patches have arrived it seems, and not a moment too soon.
Opera Software ASA has released an upgrade addressing two serious security flaws involving Macromedia’s Flash Player and a code execution bug affecting Linux and Unix users.
The first problem relates to Flash Player and was made public earlier this month. Macromedia warned that the bug in Flash Player, a widely used piece of desktop software, could allow attackers to take over a system.
The security research firm co-credited with discovering the bug, eEye, said it had demonstrated “reliable exploitation” using the bug in the Internet Explorer browser, but other browsers are also said to be just as open to attack. [Read the rest]