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Re: [SLE] java-1_4_2-sun vs java-1_5_0-sun
- From: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:15:01 -0400
- Message-id: <87f94c37050707141522d16461@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 7/7/05, James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
>
> > If you use Java 1.4.2, you may want to know that there is a
> > potentially a major security hole in it.
> >
> > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061505-sun-java.html
> >
> > As of 3 weeks ago, Sun was recommending everyone upgrade to Java 1.5
> > to address the issue. I don't know if 1.4.2 patches came out or not.
>
> So, we should remove 1.4.2 and install 1.5?
>
I just checked and JRE 1.4.2_08 has the security issue resolved.
Based on Mark Gray's e-mail it appears that SuSE has the corresponding
patch in its latest 1.4.2 JRE.
Greg
--
Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
>
> > If you use Java 1.4.2, you may want to know that there is a
> > potentially a major security hole in it.
> >
> > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061505-sun-java.html
> >
> > As of 3 weeks ago, Sun was recommending everyone upgrade to Java 1.5
> > to address the issue. I don't know if 1.4.2 patches came out or not.
>
> So, we should remove 1.4.2 and install 1.5?
>
I just checked and JRE 1.4.2_08 has the security issue resolved.
Based on Mark Gray's e-mail it appears that SuSE has the corresponding
patch in its latest 1.4.2 JRE.
Greg
--
Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century
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