Thursday, January 22, 2015

Oracle releases security updates for Java this week

Oracle has released new versions of Java to address multiple security issues. There does not appear to be any remote unauthenticated vulnerabilities in server installs, however there are serious vulnerabilities in client side installs.

As a precaution, everyone is recommended to install the latest Java patches. Scientific Linux and Red hat have both released updated Java packages. New packages for Mac and Windows systems are also available.

A listing of vulnerabilities addressed is available here.