Apple releases Security Update for Java 1.4.2
Security updates aren’t supposed to be fun and what Apple has dubbed ‘Security Update 2005-002’ isn’t an exception
to this. What is Apple’s Marketing Group thinking with a name like Security Update 2005-002? Aren’t animal names all
the rage? I think Apple should start naming each update individually, therefore I shall call this update
‘Wombat.’
What’s included in Wombat? From Apple’s site: A
vulnerability in the Java Plug-in may allow an untrusted applet to escalate privileges, through JavaScript calling into
Java code, including reading and writing files with the privileges of the user running the applet. Releases prior to
Java 1.4.2 on Mac OS X are not affected by this vulnerability. Further information is available in Document ID 57591
from Sun.
A separate download isn’t available at this time, so it is Software Updatin’ time.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John Stone said 3:42PM on 8-17-2005
Giving them a name is just a start - they need do do more to make them interesting like shower the desktop with petals after a successful upgrade
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