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Critical Fixes to Java

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Sun is rolling out fixes to the JRE aimed at critical bugs allowing untrusted applets to elevate their privileges.

Says Sun:

"For example, an applet may grant itself permissions to read and write local files or execute local applications that are accessible to the user running the untrusted applet."

This advisory is targetted at Solaris, Windows, and Linux versions of the JRE. No word if these problems affect Apple's Java implementation, or when fixes will be available on the Mac.

Critical Fixes to Java [eWeek]


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