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Gentoo: 200705-20 Normal: Blackdown Java Applet Escalation Risks

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The GLSA 200705-20 advisory highlights vulnerabilities in Blackdown Java related to applet escalation, outlining risks and mitigation steps to enhance security
The Blackdown JDK and the Blackdown JRE suffer from the multiple unspecified vulnerabilities that already affected the Sun JDK and JRE.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-20 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation Date: May 26, 2007 Bugs: #161835 ID: 200705-20

Synopsis ======= The Blackdown JDK and the Blackdown JRE suffer from the multiple unspecified vulnerabilities that already affected the Sun JDK and JRE.
Background ========= Blackdown provides implementations of the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
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