Both security professionals Secunia and Opera regard the bug as highly critical. The vulnerability affects all older versions prior to 9.22 independently of the operating system platform. Opera users are advised to update to version 9.23 of Opera which was released yesterday. Besides the fix, the new version also includes stability enhancements. The browser is available from the Norwegian developer's website.
Norwegian software specialist Opera has released an early test version for Linux of its 10.5 browser.
Norwegian provider Opera Software is releasing almost weekly security updates for its Opera browser. Version 9.62 is to address what the company deems two of its most critical security problems.