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TITLE:
Slackware update for jdk and jre

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26645

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26645/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/146/
Slackware Linux 9.0
http://secunia.com/product/1336/
Slackware Linux 9.1
http://secunia.com/product/2265/
Slackware Linux 10.0
http://secunia.com/product/4368/
Slackware Linux 11.0
http://secunia.com/product/13491/

DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for jdk and jre. This fixes some
vulnerabilities and a security issue, which can be exploited by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct
cross-site scripting attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or
compromise a vulnerable system.

Note: Reportedly this update fixes all Sun JRE/JDK vulnerabilities
reported in Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit prior to
version 6.0 update 2 or Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime
Environment prior to version 6.0 update 2.


For more information check e.g.:
SA23757
SA25295
SA25769
SA26015

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2,
11.0, and 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/jre-6u2-i586-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/extra/jdk-6/jdk-6u2-i586-1.tgz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.486841

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23757:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23757/

SA25295:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295/

SA25769:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25769/

SA26015:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26015/

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