[fedora-java] Re: [mike.cloaked at ...: Java security update and Iced Tea]

[Jack Tanner]

Andrew Haley <aph at ...> writes:

> Andrew Overholt wrote:
> > ----- Forwarded message from Mike <mike.cloaked at ...> -----
> >>
> >> Today I received a notification from US-CERT that 
> >> Sun Java Runtime Environment versions JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier
> >> have multiple vulnerabilities and Java 1.6.0_05 is available as an update.
> >>
> >> Does anybody know if Iced Tea as current in F8 is immune from this problem?
> >> This is effectively version 1.7.0
> 
> Given thaht we don't know what vulnerabilities were described in the
> notification, the answer must be no.  Unless someone on this list
> has some idea what vulnerabilities you're talking about...

>From http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/ReleaseNotes.html#160_05 , wherein 
you'll find hyperlinks:

   This release contains fixes for one or more security vulnerabilities. For 
   more information, please see Sun Alerts  233321  233322  233323  233324  
   233325  233326 and  233327.