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The new Java 0Day examined (The H)

The new Java 0Day examined (The H)
[Security] Posted Aug 30, 2012 13:26 UTC (Thu) by corbet

Here's an article in The H explaining how the latest (still unpatched, apparently known to Oracle since April) Java vulnerability works. "Oracle has not yet released an official statement concerning the critical vulnerability. At this article's time of publication, the company still offered Java version 7 update 6 to download; like all older series 7 versions, this release is vulnerable to attacks via the vector described above. Users who have a vulnerable version installed on their systems are advised to disable the browser plugin that provides Java support."

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