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New Java Vulnerability Found Affecting Java 5, 6, and 7 SE

Posted by Unknown on from the everything-is-compromised dept.

jcatcw writes "Just as Oracle is ramping up for the September 30 start of JavaOne 2012 in San Francisco, researchers from the Polish firm Security Explorations disclosed yet another critical Java vulnerability that might 'spoil the taste of Larry Ellison's morning ... Java.' According to Security Explorations researcher Adam Gowdiak, who sent the email to the Full Disclosure Seclist, this Java exploit affects one billion users of Oracle Java SE software, Java 5, 6 and 7. It could be exploited by apps on Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari. Wow, thanks a lot Oracle."

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  1. Java runtime vs. .NET runtime by Nsks · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is with Java and all these exploits? It's the most exploited piece of software on planet. I think they should learn something from Microsoft's .NET runtime. It's installed on pretty much every Windows computer out there. Still there are no exploits against it! Microsoft seems to know what they're doing much better than Oracle

    1. Re:Java runtime vs. .NET runtime by sgrover · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude!!! You almost made pop come out my nose! I laughed so hard!

  2. Is Java the new Flash? by blahbooboo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please discuss.

    1. Re:Is Java the new Flash? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, Java is the old Flash.

  3. Wowzers by Billly+Gates · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good thing we use Java 1.4.2 at work. Looks like I am safe

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