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Oracle Promises Patches Next Week For 36 Exploits In Latest Java

Posted by timothy on from the they-call-this-progress dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Oracle is posting patches for all its products next Tuesday, which include 36 exploits for Java alone and over 140 for all Oracle products currently supported, included over 80 that require no authentication to execute.These patches look to be critical for any administrator. Java 6 users who use equipment or programs that rely on older versions are SOL unless they sign up for a very expensive support contract, as these patches are for Java 7 only."

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  1. concerning is ... by Selur · · Score: 3, Interesting

    that of the 36 Java related bugs, "34 of them (are) exploitable remotely without authentication".

    "Java 6 users who use equipment or programs that rely on older versions are SOL unless they sign up for a very expensive support contract, as these patches are for Java 7 only."
    +
    "Oracle Java JDK and JRE, versions 5.0u55 and earlier, 6u65 and earlier, 7u45 and earlier"
    -> Muhahahaha,...

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