Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0364 (opera)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0364: opera-12.12-1.mga2 (2/nonfree) 
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Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:22:38 +0100
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MGASA-2012-0364
Date: 	December 20th, 2012
Affected releases: 	2


Description:
Opera 12.12 fixes several security and stability issues found in
previous versions and contains other general fixes.

Fixed an issue where malformed GIF images could allow execution of
arbitrary code. (kb 1038, critical severity)

Fixed an issue where private data could be disclosed to other computer
users, or be modified by them, as reported by Jann Horn.
(kb 1039, high severity)

Fixed an issue where repeated attempts to access a target site could
trigger address field spoofing, as reported by Masato Kinugawa.
(kb 1040, low severity)

For a complete list of changes including the non-security fixes,
see the referenced changelog.


Updated Packages:
opera-12.12-1.mga2.nonfree


References:
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1038/

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1039/

http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/1040/

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unified/1212/

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8422

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...