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Date:      Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:30:53 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
Cc:        Greg Lewis <glewis@freebsd.org>, cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: java/jdk16 vulnerability?
Message-ID:  <19137.36221.789093.590674@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090929034837.GA56588@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
References:  <20090928101048.GA1189@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090929034837.GA56588@misty.eyesbeyond.com>

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Greg Lewis writes:

>  >   Your installed version of Java is vulnerable to a severe remote
>  >   exploit (remote code execution!). You must upgrade to at least Java
>  >   5 update 20 or Java 6 update 15 as soon as possible. Freenet has
>  >   disabled any plugins handling XML for the time being, but this
>  >   includes searching and chat so you should upgrade ASAP!
>  
>  We're almost certainly vulnerable.  The jdk16 port is at Update 3.


>  We need an entry in the VUXML database I guess.
>  
>  Updating java/jdk16 is going to be a slow process.  There are
>  lots of changes between Update 3 and Update 15.  I've partially
>  merged Update 4, but obviously that still leaves many to go...

	As someone with zero knowledge of Java internals: what is the
recommended version at the moment? 


				Robert Huff




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