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From: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
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O Alfred Perlstein έγραψε στις May 16, 2005 :

> I wanted to play with java, but it looks like all the ports we
> have are busted...
> 
> jdk13 native has issues:
> ===>  jdk-1.3.1p9_5 has known vulnerabilities:
> => jdk/jre -- Security Vulnerability With Java Plugin.
>    Reference: <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/ac619d06-3ef8-11d9-8741-c942c075aa41.html>

jdk13 is a little outdated nowdays right?

> 
> 
> jdk14 depends on linux-sun-jdk14 which has issues:
> ===>  linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.08_1 has known vulnerabilities:
> => jdk -- jar directory traversal vulnerability.
>    Reference: <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/18e5428f-ae7c-11d9-837d-000e0c2e438a.html>
> 

Check your jar-based installations every time before you proceed,
for malicious ../ files.
Anyways, a jar file 99% of the cases is meant to be used
as a class repository and not a replacement for tar.


> Is Sun planning on fixing this?
> 
> 

-- 
-Achilleus