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| Subject: | Re: Sun Java Plugin arbitrary package access vulnerability |
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| Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:02:42 +0000 |
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 05:00, Ken S wrote:
For browsing to unknown sites, it would appear that there is no need to uninstall the older versions, unless there is a way for the javascript code to call a lower version of the JRE. Hopefully, that's not possible.
Unfortunately it probably is; see http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/versions.html#answers In fact it may be possible to cause the download of a vulnerable version, in some cases. -- Peter Greenwood <peterg@reel.demon.co.uk>
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