TITLE:
Apple Mac OS X update for Java

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17847

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17847/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Apple Macintosh OS X
http://secunia.com/product/96/

DESCRIPTION:
Apple has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Java for Mac OS X,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA17748

SOLUTION:
Mac OS X 10.4.2 or later (J2SE 5.0 users):
Apply the J2SE 5.0 Release 3 update.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/java2se50release3.html

Mac OS X 10.3.9/10.4 or later:
Apply the solution in Secunia Advisory SA16808.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302913

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16808:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16808/

SA17748:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17748/

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