On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:33:12 -0400 Brett Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> You might've heard about the malware for Mac called Flashback. It > spreads via a vulnerability in Java implementations. OpenJDK and > IcedTea, which include Java code from Sun/Oracle, were vulnerable as > well. Please make sure Java implementations in your distributions are > patched to fix this vulnerability, and publish updates as appropriate. Since no one else asked: What makes this vulnerability something we should all jump on rather then any of the other major exploits that appear in our software from time to time? I hardly think 'its infecting macs' is a particularly good reason ... The same week an exploit available in samba for 5 years was revealed; not a mention here. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group *** I've changed GPG key to 6C097260 ***
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