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Java Installer Flaw Shows Why You Should Clear Your Downloads Folder (csoonline.com)

Posted by timothy on from the keepin'-it-tidy dept.

itwbennett writes: On Friday, Oracle published a security advisory recommending that users delete all the Java installers they might have laying around on their computers and use new ones for versions 6u113, 7u97, 8u73 or later. The reason: Older versions of the Java installer were vulnerable to binary planting in the Downloads folder. 'Though considered relatively complex to exploit, this vulnerability may result, if successfully exploited, in a complete compromise of the unsuspecting user's system,' said Eric Maurice, Oracle's software security assurance director, in a blog post.

2 of 64 comments (clear)

  1. Duplicate by Nicopa · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just hours ago: http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...

  2. Enough already! by b1ng0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Get rid of this paid itwbennett schill! Two articles in one day all going to the same website. Look at his post history. Every post goes to one of two sites! If this is what whiplash meant by improving Slashdot, there is no hope left for this site.