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Oracle Rushes Emergency Java Update To Patch McRAT Vulnerabilities

Posted by Unknown on from the brought-to-you-by-c-sharp dept.

msm1267 writes "Oracle has once again released an emergency Java update to patch zero-day vulnerabilities in the browser plug-in, the fifth time it has updated the platform this year. Today's update patches CVE-2013-1493 and CVE-2013-0809, the former was discovered last week being exploited in the wild for Java 6 update 41 through Java 7 update 15. The vulnerability allows for arbitrary memory execution in the Java virtual machine process; attackers exploiting the flaw were able to download the McRAT remote access Trojan."

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  1. Uninstall by Dan+East · · Score: 5, Funny

    I uninstalled everything starting with "java" on my computers, and the only thing now missing is the every-other-day notification that Java needs to be updated.

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    Better known as 318230.
    1. Re:Uninstall by Technomancer · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thats easy, just click on this llittle Java app.