Just my smarmy reply to Tony's "when Sun owned Java" comment... Used to be when Sun owned Java you got security updates months, not days, after a vulnerability like this was discovered. :-)
Not saying I like Oracle (I loathe it most days); just making the point that they were REALLY good about jumping on this issue so quickly. Nick -----Original Message----- From: Tony Anecito [mailto:adanec...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:02 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Java 6u35, 7u07 are available Hi All, I looked at the release notes and there was nearly nothing there. So justification to update was impossible. Oracle needs to realize that releases with just one security and one time clock change makes it impossible to explain to anyone why we need to update an Enterprise. Just my inital reaction. Used to be you got actual release notes when Sun owned Java. Regards, -Tony --- On Fri, 8/31/12, Konstantin Kolinko <knst.koli...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Konstantin Kolinko <knst.koli...@gmail.com> Subject: Java 6u35, 7u07 are available To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Date: Friday, August 31, 2012, 8:54 AM Hi! Just noting that Java 6u35, 7u07 were released by Oracle a day ago http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/ Those contain security fixes for issues exploitable when running Java from within a web browser. (Those running it on server or standalone are said to be unaffected). http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-4681-1835715.html BTW, some media wrote that CVE-2012-4681 affects only Java 7, but not Java 6. Oracle page, linked above, says the update includes fixes for two other vulnerabilities and affects both Java 6 and Java 7. Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you may not disclose, use, distribute, copy or rely upon this message or attachment(s); and (2) please notify the sender by reply e-mail, and then delete this message and its attachment(s). Underwriters Laboratories Inc. and its affiliates disclaim all liability for any errors, omissions, corruption or virus in this message or any attachments. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
