Interviewed by CNN on 22/03/2014 22:50, Desiree told the world: > Mozilla's check your plugins page is claiming that Java 7 update 51 is > outdated. This is on my XP Pro machine using the latest version of > SeaMonkey. > > Java 8 is out only at Oracle's download page (not on java.com for > several more weeks). Further, Oracle is NOT supporting Java 8 on XP > computers. > > So, why do I get an erroneous message? > > On Windows 8 Pro computer, I get the same erroneous message for > SeaMonkey 2.25 (and for Fx 24.4 ESR). > > I upgraded on Windows 8 computer to Java 8 and had to use system restore > to get back to Java 7 update 51. Java 8 does not work with my Java > speedtests. The only reason I have Java installed is for speed tests. > > Java 7 is being supported for at least another year by Oracle for > security patches so there is no reason at all for Mozilla to claim Java > 7 update 51 is outdated on either version of Windows.
It's curious, yes. I don't follow the security bulletins very closely, but it's entirely possible that a new security issue (affecting Java 7 update 51 inclusive) has come to light recently. If this has in fact happened, Mozilla is right in listing J7u51 as "vulnerable". But where the page fail is in suggesting there is an update when Oracle has not released one yet. The problem is that the plugincheck page apparently has only two states for known plugins -- "up to date" and "vulnerable". It does not have the ability to list a plugin as "vulnerable, no update available, best remedy is to disable the plugin." Perhaps it should. I wonder why it lists several fairly common plugins, such as Google Update, Google Talk Video Renderer and Microsoft Office as "unknown." One would think that by now someone would have figured who is supplying those. Perhaps those plugins simply don't offer a convenient way to check versions -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my DEC PDP-11. * Added by TagZilla 0.7a1 running on Seamonkey 2.25 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
