Another critical Java vulnerability discovered

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: SecurityA serious Java vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: SecurityA serious Java vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

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Hi, I've been reading several stories this morning about a recently discovered security hole in the java web-plugin. Apparently OS X is pushing through updates to disable it and Microsoft recommends a similar course of action. It seems to be a fairly critical exploit.My question is, does this vulnerability affect users of openJDK/icedtea?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08...w_about_flaws/

closed source for corruption! microshaft, now oracle!

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The critical Java vulnerabilities that have security experts cautioning users to disable Java in their browsers are not new discoveries, a security firm claims.