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Opera Macromedia Flash Player SWF Arbitrary Code Execution Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA17437  
Release Date: 2005-11-07
Last Update: 2005-11-22

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Opera 5.x
Opera 6.x
Opera 7.x
Opera 8.x

CVE reference:CVE-2005-2628 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Macromedia Flash Player included in Opera, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA17430

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Update to version 8.51.
http://www.opera.com/download/

Changelog:
2005-11-17: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2005-11-22: Updated "Solution" section.

Other References:
SA17430:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17430/

US-CERT VU#146284:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146284



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