On 3/22/2014 5:57 PM, MCBastos wrote:
Interviewed by CNN on 22/03/2014 22:50, Desiree told the world:
Mozilla's check your plugins page is claiming that Java 7 update 51 is
outdated. This is on my XP Pro machine using the latest version of
SeaMonkey.
Java 8 is out only at Oracle's download page (not on java.com for
several more weeks). Further, Oracle is NOT supporting Java 8 on XP
computers.
So, why do I get an erroneous message?
On Windows 8 Pro computer, I get the same erroneous message for
SeaMonkey 2.25 (and for Fx 24.4 ESR).
I upgraded on Windows 8 computer to Java 8 and had to use system restore
to get back to Java 7 update 51. Java 8 does not work with my Java
speedtests. The only reason I have Java installed is for speed tests.
Java 7 is being supported for at least another year by Oracle for
security patches so there is no reason at all for Mozilla to claim Java
7 update 51 is outdated on either version of Windows.
It's curious, yes.
I don't follow the security bulletins very closely, but it's entirely
possible that a new security issue (affecting Java 7 update 51
inclusive) has come to light recently.
If this has in fact happened, Mozilla is right in listing J7u51 as
"vulnerable". But where the page fail is in suggesting there is an
update when Oracle has not released one yet.
The problem is that the plugincheck page apparently has only two states
for known plugins -- "up to date" and "vulnerable". It does not have the
ability to list a plugin as "vulnerable, no update available, best
remedy is to disable the plugin." Perhaps it should.
I wonder why it lists several fairly common plugins, such as Google
Update, Google Talk Video Renderer and Microsoft Office as "unknown."
One would think that by now someone would have figured who is supplying
those. Perhaps those plugins simply don't offer a convenient way to
check versions
I noticed it lists WCX plugin as "unknown" and says it is a Chrome
browser extension. That had me scratching my head for a bit as I don't
have Chrome browser and what is a Chrome extension doing in my Fx
plugins list? I had forgotten that when I recently updated my used for
many years WordWeb program that the new version installed this Chrome
extension seen in the Windows 8 registry as a Chrome browser extension
(even though I don't have Chrome browser) but seen in Fx as an unknown
plugin.
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