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openSUSE 11.4: 2011:1172-1 Important: Opera Memory Flaw

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2011
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical patch for openSUSE resolves memory vulnerabilities linked to Opera 11.52 when handling SVG files.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Description

This update of Opera fixes a memory flaw in the code that

processes SVG content which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted

websites.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.4:

zypper in -t patch opera-5314

- openSUSE 11.3:

zypper in -t patch opera-5314

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 11.52]:

opera-11.52-0.2.1

opera-gtk-11.52-0.2.1

opera-kde4-11.52-0.2.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 11.52]:

opera-11.52-0.2.1

opera-gtk-11.52-0.2.1

opera-kde4-11.52-0.2.1

References

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:1172-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 led. It includes one version update.

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