security issue java

[christenhusz]

Hi all,

i found a article on the web, that the following versions suffer from a serious security flaws:

Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
Sun Java JRE 1.3.x
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
Sun Java SDK 1.3.x
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x

A cracker can take over the machine, run applets and read write to your harddisk...

can any of you confirm this??

thanks!

christenhusz

 

[stefanwagner]

Yes. Translated by me from a german security-news-letter:

BugID 6243400: JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 3
BugID 6268876: JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 3
BugID 6263857: SDK/JRE 1.3.1_15, 1.4.2_08, JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 3
BugID 6277266: SDK/JRE 1.4.2_08, JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 3
BugID 6277659: SDK/JRE 1.4.2_08, JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 3
(including these and previous versions)

Sun recommends using JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 4, J2SE 5.0 or SDK and JRE 1.4.2_09.

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[Diancecht]

Is there a description of the bug or is just an advice to update?

Cheers,
Dian