Opera Plugs ‘Extremely Severe’ Security Hole
Summary: Opera released version 10.53 to fix what the company called an "extremely severe" security flaw in the Windows and Mac versions of its browser, and urged users to update. The advisory carried no CVE, and commenters noted that for Mac users the update broke the browser, with one reverting to version 10.1.
What you should know: Opera's own update mechanism was the problem: a 2009 study cited here found only 24 percent of Opera users were browsing with the latest version three weeks after a release, so a severe flaw patched quickly still leaves most of the user base exposed.
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