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ITSS-Advisory : MEDIUM : Sun : Java : Various Issues

THREAT LEVEL
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Medium.

INFORMATION
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On 24 Mar 2009, Sun released a number of security bulletins describing
vulnerabilities in Java Runtime Environment and Java Plugin. Impacts
include privilege escalation and denial of service.

More information is available at:
http://search.sun.com/main/index.jsp?col=main-support-sunalerts&oneof=security&nh=100&rf=1&type=

advanced&optstat=true

AFFECTED PLATFORMS
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Computers of various platforms running:
- JDK and JRE 6 Update 12 and earlier
- JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 17 and earlier

ACTION
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Administrators of affected computers are advised to review the bulletins, test
and apply relevant updates.

Links to download Java are available at: http://www.java.com


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