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Slackware: 2005-170-01 Moderate: Java (jre, j2sdk) File Access Threat

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2005
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Oracle published critical patches for Java (jre, jdk) that might enable applets to read local files on Ubuntu systems.
Sun has released a couple of security advisories pertaining to both the Java Runtime Environment and the Standard Edition Development Kit

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware -current ChangeLog: Sun Jun 19 21:45:07 PDT 2005 l/jre-1_5_0_03-i586-1.tgz: This already-issued package fixes some recently announced security issues that could allow applets to read or write to local files. See: (* Security fix *) extra/j2sdk-1.5.0_03/j2sdk-1_5_0_03-i586-1.tgz: Fixed the slack-desc to not include the release version to prevent future mishaps. :-) This already-issued package fixes some recently announced security issues that could allow applets to read or write to local files. See: (* Security fix *)

Where Find New Packages

Updated packages for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current:

MD5 Signatures

5835b357ea9cb0d3587a163a98bcaeb3 jre-1_5_0_03-i586-1.tgz 9248ab96512ac91b589d338aa4af535c j2sdk-1_5_0_03-i586-1.tgz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg jre-1_5_0_03-i586-1.tgz

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