CNET News: Java Flaws Open Door to Hackers

“Sun Microsystems has fixed a pair of security bugs in Java that
could be exploited by attackers to take over computers running
Windows, Linux and Solaris.

“The flaws are ‘highly critical,’ security monitoring company
Secunia said in an advisory posted Tuesday. Flaws that get that
ranking–one notch below Secunia’s most severe ‘extremely critical’
rating–are typically remotely exploitable and can lead to full
system compromise…”

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