Three Critical Flaws Found in Java
Matthew Broersma writes in TechWorld:
Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains serious security flaws that could allow remote attackers to execute applications on a system, the company has warned.
The bugs, patched in a new release yesterday, affect Windows, Unix and Linux platforms. The Java Software Development Kit (SDK) is also affected.
Sun outlined three separate vulnerabilities, each of which could independently allow a specially crafted Java applet, for example embedded in a Web page, to escalate its privileges. That could allow the applet to read and write local files and execute applications accessible to the user running the applet, with the user's privileges.
posted by Fergie @ 11/29/2005 08:24:00 AM
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