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by **DJGM** » Tue 04 Feb, 2003 1:32 pm

Oh dear, this is not good for Opera. Only a few days after the final release
of Opera 7.0, a total of five security holes have been found in the newly
updated web browser. Three of these vulns are rated as severe.

More information @ The Register - link below . . .

Phantom of the Opera
Five vulns, three serious in Opera 7

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by **Ramona** » Tue 04 Feb, 2003 3:26 pm

Thanks for the heads up DJGM! The workaround seems pretty simple for now, however:

In Preferences, Disable JavaScript

Change this line in the console.html file, in Opera's installation directory:
m.replace( /\\/g, "\\\\" ) +
To Read:
m.replace( /\\/g, "\\\\" ).replace(/"/g,"&") +

Not the best kind of PR, after a brand new Release... :roll:

Ramona

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by **Edward** » Tue 04 Feb, 2003 8:41 pm

As of this hour, 7.0 is still listed as the download from their home page, but a version 7.01 is showing on their FTP site.

Thanks also from me.

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by **Fulvio** » Wed 05 Feb, 2003 12:07 am

Ramona wrote:Thanks for the heads up DJGM! The workaround seems pretty simple for now, however:

In Preferences, Disable JavaScript

Change this line in the console.html file, in Opera's installation directory:
m.replace( /\\/g, "\\" ) +
To Read:
m.replace( /\\/g, "\\" ).replace(/"/g,"&") +

Not the best kind of PR, after a brand new Release...

Ramona

Ramona,
is the line to be changed, beside disabling Javascript?
I usually take my sweet time with these downloads, but since I had wholesale corruption of files, I saw that the 7 final was available, and I got it. One would never know by going through the site that there is any potential problem, and I , surely do not see any 7.01 anywhere.
fp

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by **chnsls** » Wed 05 Feb, 2003 10:26 am

Installed Opera 7.01 successfully.

Very impressed with its speed. Feel faster than Phoenix 5.0 and Netscape 7.01.

Slight problem with display of bigger size Chinese fonts.

In general, V Impressed!

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by **Ramona** » Wed 05 Feb, 2003 2:15 pm

Hi Fulvio,

Ramona,
is the line to be changed, beside disabling Javascript?
I usually take my sweet time with these downloads, but since I had wholesale corruption of files, I saw that the 7 final was available, and I got it. One would never know by going through the site that there is any potential problem, and I , surely do not see any 7.01 anywhere.
fp

Yes, the line must be changed, in addition to disabling JavaScript. However, with the "fixed" Version of Opera 7.01, the workaround is moot.

Ramona :mrgreen:

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by **pedrohqb** » Sun 09 Feb, 2003 8:20 am

Opera won the responsability record. They did their new version in 5 days then the inicial reply.

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by **Mandrake** » Sun 09 Feb, 2003 5:12 pm

Somewhat better response time than our friends at M$.

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by **DJGM** » Sun 09 Feb, 2003 9:22 pm

Mandrake wrote:Somewhat better response time than our friends at M$.

Indeed. Within five days is certainly better than . . . several months!

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