Security fixes in newly released Opera 9.20

Opera 9.20 was just released. From the security perspective, these are the fixes in the new release:

  • Fix for character encoding inheritance issue with frames, which could enable cross-site scripting. See the advisory.
  • Fixed an issue regarding handling of FTP PASV response, as reported by Mark at bindshell.net
  • XMLHttpRequest now treats separate ports on the same server as a different server. Issue reported by Egmont Koblinger.
  • Fixed an issue where scripts could continue to run after leaving the page, as reported by Herrmann Manuel.
  • Skandiabanken.no’s message about successful certificate installation is now shown.

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