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Sun's Handling of Java Security Update Prompts Concerns

Dan Goodin writes on The Register:

Sun Microsystems in the next few days plans to issue an update that plugs a serious security hole in the most recent version of its Java Runtime Environment, more than a week after providing a fix for the same vulnerability in an earlier version of the program. The lag has prompted a prominent security researcher to lambaste the effectiveness of the company's security team.

"Sun is one of the few companies that is still unable to coordinate the simultaneous release of security patches," Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at eEye Digital Security, wrote in an advisory warning of the flaw. "This organizational failure puts customers at undue risk. Hopefully in the future Sun will be able to bring their security and development process out of the dark ages."

posted by Fergie @ 7/09/2007 10:38:00 PM