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Re: Feds warn PC users to disable Java How many times have a seen this phrase in a security advisory?
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can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system,
Insert your favorite program before the phrase. Me? I've decided to disable Windows, that will teach em. 
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kudos:4 | Yeah...well Apple must have juice with Oracle because they have access to a newer version of Java that doesn't have the vulnerability and they are having all their users install it.
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kudos:7 | said by Mele20:Yeah...well Apple must have juice with Oracle because they have access to a newer version of Java that doesn't have the vulnerability and they are having all their users install it.
They are disabling it..»www.macrumors.com/2013/01/11/app···-threat/
Where did you get your info there is a newer version?
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said by chrisretusn:How many times have a seen this phrase in a security advisory?
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can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system,
Insert your favorite program before the phrase. Me? I've decided to disable Windows, that will teach em. How does not using Windows secure you from this problem?
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said by Name Game:Where did you get your info there is a newer version?
I wouldn't be surprised if the version number of Java for Apple machines is higher (or lower). That may, or may not, mean anything. After all Google (with Chrome) and Microsoft (with IE10) have different numbers for their embedded Adobe Flash Player.
There was a time when version numbers meant something. These days not so much. For example look at Mozilla Firefox. They bump a major version every month or so.
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kudos:4 | said by StuartMW:said by Name Game:Where did you get your info there is a newer version?
I wouldn't be surprised if the version number of Java for Apple machines is higher (or lower). That may, or may not, mean anything. After all Google (with Chrome) and Microsoft (with IE10) have different numbers for their embedded Adobe Flash Player. There was a time when version numbers meant something. These days not so much. For example look at Mozilla Firefox. They bump a major version every month or so. I read this in one of the security articles. I'll see if I can find it again. The article's author may have been misinformed but said that Apple, contrary to what was being bandied about the internet, was not disabling Java but instead requiring users to update Java to a brand new version not yet publicly available. I wasn't confused by the difference in numbering for Apple vs Windows but perhaps the author of the comment could have been.
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| said by Mele20:I wasn't confused by the difference in numbering for Apple vs Windows but perhaps the author of the comment could have been. FYI I was saying it is possible. I don't know for sure.
Besides
»JAVA 7u11 now available for download
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kudos:4 | Yeah... I see it is out so makes this all sort of moot.
Not sure I will install it though with all the reports of the Java registry key missing in the new version and thus Java won't work in Fx.
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| It works and shows up just fine over here running Firefox 18. |
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said by pandora:said by chrisretusn:How many times have a seen this phrase in a security advisory?
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can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system,
Insert your favorite program before the phrase. Me? I've decided to disable Windows, that will teach em. How does not using Windows secure you from this problem? It might. One thing is using the openjdk and openjre. I avoid proprietary where open source works well. Many times, it works better(adapting to rapid software updates, etc) if the functions you need are supported. I breathed a sigh of relief when the support for my laptop's graphics chipset by the open source radeon driver matured enough to use it full time. No more fglrx hell(ATI/AMD's proprietary linux 3D graphicsdriver) of worrying that upgrades would break it or that it would not like particular software or configs. That being said, I use Java a lot and the openjre has supported everything I do well. So far, no security bulletins regarding this that I can find.
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said by Mele20:Yeah...well Apple must have juice with Oracle because they have access to a newer version of Java that doesn't have the vulnerability and they are having all their users install it.
Last I remember Apple writes their own Java implementation just as they do with their video drivers. |
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said by pandora:said by chrisretusn:How many times have a seen this phrase in a security advisory?
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can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system,
Insert your favorite program before the phrase. Me? I've decided to disable Windows, that will teach em. How does not using Windows secure you from this problem? It doesn't. You missed my point. That phrase (quoted above) is is used for a lot of software vulnerabilities including Microsoft ones, yet I don't recall being advised or encouraged by CERT or other security advisories to disable or remove Windows.
It was a bit of humor too.
Lot of folks jumping on the I don't run, removed it, never used it, band wagon. Well I've never been one to follow trends, no plans on following this one. I need Java for programs I use and some web sites I use also use Java. So Java stays.
For what it's worth, I have OpenJDK installed on this particular machine (Running Slackware64) and the IcedTea-Web Plugin with my browser (Firefox). I have other machines (a mix of operating systems) that have Oracle Java installed. I am not all that concerned about this latest "threat" as I seriously doubt I will be bothered by it.
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| said by chrisretusn:For what it's worth, I have OpenJDK installed on this particular machine (Running Slackware64) and the IcedTea-Web Plugin with my browser (Firefox). I have other machines (a mix of operating systems) that have Oracle Java installed. I am not all that concerned about this latest "threat" as I seriously doubt I will be bothered by it.
Thanks for the response, I understand your post better.
This does bring up another question ... is the opensource Java product vulnerable to any of the exploits Java currently is?
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kudos:1 | Based on Vulnerability Note VU#625617 - Java 7 fails to restrict access to privileged code - No. There are some Java vulnerabilities that affect both. Example: Vulnerability Note VU#636312 - Oracle Java JRE 1.7 Expression.execute() and SunToolkit.getField() fail to restrict access to privileged code
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| I ran a google search for OpenJDK exploit within the past week, and encountered this - »security.stackexchange.com/quest···-icedtea Java 7 and OpenJDK share a lot of common code, so, as a general rule, security issues in Java 7 also apply to OpenJDK. In that specific case, it seems that the vulnerability was reported in the Debian OpenJDK package, so yes, they are vulnerable. See this question on another stackexchange site. Since Oracle seems to have fixed their JDK, chances are that the same fix will appear in OpenJDK in a few hours or days.
If a lot of code is shared with the open Java and proprietary Java, it'd be tough for me to get warm fuzzies about either product.
Also here - »ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12452828
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1 edit | Well here is my take on that information from »security.stackexchange.com/quest···-icedtea
There is this statement "Java 7 and OpenJDK share a lot of common code, so, as a general rule, security issues in Java 7 also apply to OpenJDK. In that specific case, it seems that the vulnerability was reported in the Debian OpenJDK package, so yes, they are vulnerable."
Well first there is no specific case sited (it could be assuming VU#625617) and the reference (»askubuntu.com/questions/181884/s···-for-now) to the reported vulnerability in the Debian OpenJDK package refers to the second link in my post VU#636312 dated 27 Aug 2012 which was been patched.
While it is possible that the current vulnerability affects OpenJDK, it is not specifically listed as affected by the vulnerability alert for VU#625617 dated 10 Jan 2013.
VU#625617 has been patched by Oracle and as I have already mentioned. I am not all that concerned about this; and this has nothing to do with my preferred operating system being Linux. I do run Windows and have Java install their as well. I think there is a lot of over reaction to this.
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said by Mele20:said by StuartMW:said by Name Game:Where did you get your info there is a newer version?
I wouldn't be surprised if the version number of Java for Apple machines is higher (or lower). That may, or may not, mean anything. After all Google (with Chrome) and Microsoft (with IE10) have different numbers for their embedded Adobe Flash Player. There was a time when version numbers meant something. These days not so much. For example look at Mozilla Firefox. They bump a major version every month or so. I read this in one of the security articles. I'll see if I can find it again. The article's author may have been misinformed but said that Apple, contrary to what was being bandied about the internet, was not disabling Java but instead requiring users to update Java to a brand new version not yet publicly available. I wasn't confused by the difference in numbering for Apple vs Windows but perhaps the author of the comment could have been. Nevertheless your info was wrong. Period. » www.applebitch.com/2013/01/12/ap···on-macs/» www.applebitch.com/2013/01/14/ne···eleased/--
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said by chrisretusn:VU#625617 has been patched by Oracle and as I have already mentioned. I am not all that concerned about this; and this has nothing to do with my preferred operating system being Linux. I do run Windows and have Java install their as well. I think there is a lot of over reaction to this.
That overreaction may be due at least in part to the fact DHS is involved. We've seen a lot of vulnerabilities over the years, some of which went unpatched for years - but I don't recall DHS getting into the act before. The warnings came from software houses or researchers or independent testers. I don't want to minimize a danger, but the skeptic in me wonders if this isn't some sort of test - by DHS.
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| Perhaps someone at DHS was sick and tired of Oracle never fully patching the thing and decided to use the power available to him or her in their position at DHS to give them a kick in the rear. 
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