My reading of the first WWW page is that only Java SE 7 u75/76 contains security fixes and that there are no security fixes in Java SE 8 u40.
On 4 March 2015 at 01:23, <paul.sz...@sydney.edu.au> wrote: > I notice that Java (JDK, JRE) update 8u40 has been released. > Though > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html > says "this release includes important security fixes", the release notes > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8u40-relnotes-2389089.html > says the "security baseline" is 1.8.0_31 (unchanged). > I do not notice any major "useability" issues fixed. > So: why this out-of-band release? > > Thanks, Paul > > Paul Szabo p...@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ > School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list > https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure > Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/ > -- *Guy Dawson* IT Operations Manager Crossflight Limited, Calder Way, Colnbrook, SL3 0BQ *T* +44 (0) 1753 776104 | *W* crossflight.com [Terms and Conditions] <http://www.crossflight.co.uk/Crossflight/aboutUs/legal.html> -- All business is conducted according to Crossflight Limited's Standard Trading Conditions, copies of which are available on request or via our website at www.crossflight.com _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
