Java flaw poses widespread security threat
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Vulnerabilities in the Sun Java Runtime Environment are described by one security expert as being "as bad as it gets."
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Makes a change from IE Critical flaws in the way Firefox handles JavaScript code create a possible means for hackers to commandeer vulnerable PCs, according to security researchers.â¦
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Attackers can trick browsers into releasing password information.
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Security restrictions could be compromised in earlier versions of JDK and JRE 6, says vendor Sun.
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An intruder could manipulate a flaw in how the browsers handle image files to see where the user has been surfing.
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(InfoWorld) - Just days after a security researcher blasted its Java patching system, Sun Microsystems has issued a critical update to the consumer version of its Java software. The Java Platform Standard Edition (SE) Version 6, Update 2 release was made available on Sun's Java.com Web site Friday and is being pushed out to Java users who use the software's automatic update system, said Jacki Decoster, a Sun spokeswoman. Sun supports four different versions of its Java SE software for desktop computers, and the company had already patched the other versions before releasing the Version 6, Update 2 release, which is the latest version of the product for consumer users. ThatÂ raised a red flag with security vendor eEyeÂ Digital Security, which said that the staggered release schedule gives criminals a chance to reverse-engineer the Java bug by looking at the patches that have been made public. Sun says that it likes this schedule because it gives developers extra time to find bugs in the product before it lands on consumers' desktops. eEye discovered the bug back in January. It is a critical flaw in the Java Network Launching Protocol, which is used to run Java programs over the Web. Hackers could exploit this flaw by setting up a malicious Web site that could install unauthorized software on any Java-enabled PC that visited it, according to eEye. Java users have another reason to be up to date on their patches. On Friday, the SANS Internet Storm center issued a warning about two critical flaws in the way Java processes bitmap andÂ JPEG images. However, those flaws were not new. They were patched in the previous Java 6, Update 1 release, which was made available in March. These image-rendering flaws, which were discovered by Google researcher Chris Evans, have been known publicly since January 2007, and were only identified in the Java SE desktop products. Although SANS questioned whether the flaws will affect mobile phones and PDAs, they do not effect the Java Platform Micro Edition software commonly used for such devices, Decoster said. In late June, Sun patched the bugs in Java SE Version 1.4, the last of the desktop products to receive this particular update. The 1.4 fix may have prompted the SANS alert, Decoster said.
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A vulnerability in OpenOffice could allow attackers to remotely execute code on computers running Windows, Linux or Mac OS.
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Security researchers have discovered a serious flaw in Google Inc.'s desktop software that could be used to wreak havoc on a victim's computer.
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InfoWorld - A security researcher has found a serious vulnerability in an aging yet widely used software program used for the Internet&#39;s addressing system, prompting the software&#39;s maintainers to retire the affected version.
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Users of the open-source MySQL database could be at risk from remote attacks from a bug in phpMyAdmin, the web-based MySQL administration tool.
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A vulnerability that McAfee Avert Labs first warned about last week is now being exploited in the wild, according to VeriSign&#39;s iDefense. At issue are embedded objects in Rich Text Format (RTF) files.
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Flaw in the way the Net phone software handles Web links could enable an attacker to launch arbitrary code on some Macs.
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Web servers may be vulnerable to attack, security company warns.
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Some users more equal than others 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.â¦
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Prepare yourself for "time bomb" exploits that attack web-based systems at a pre-determined time.
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Ziff Davis - Vulnerabilities in LibTIFF and Xpdf could allow remote system compromise.
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Blog: The most serious vulnerabilities allow attackers to run code on compromised machines.