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Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master

NRT-0247 JAVA Flaw Poses Widespread Security Threat:

A security team has discovered vulnerabilities in the Sun JAVA Runtime Environment that threatens the security of ALL platforms, broswers, and even mobile devices. Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) analyst Robert Lowe warned that anyone using the Java Runtime Environment or Java Development Kit is at risk. "Delivery of exploits in this manner is attractive to attackers because even though the browser may be fully patched, some people neglect to also patch programs invoked by broswers to render specific types of content," said Lowe. "This exploit is browser independent, as long as it invokes a vulnerable Java Runtime Environment," said security expert Chris Gatford, adding that "Java runs on everything: [mobile] phones, PDAs, and PCs."

(news.zdnet.co.uk 13JUL07)

Last Modified: Tuesday, 31-Jul-2007 22:22:31 EDT