Software Update: Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5, Mac OS X 10.5 Update 10

Java for Mac OS X 10.6 has just been updated to Update 5, and a visit to Software Update will bring the latest and greatest version of Java to your Mac. If you're still using Leopard, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 is now at Update 10.

According to the release notes, "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6. Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 supersedes all previous versions of Java for Mac OS X 10.6." The Snow Leopard release is only for Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later. The Leopard updater is available for Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Mac OS X Server 10.5.8.

The security notes for the updates state that the new version fixes "multiple vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_24, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox." The updaters bump Java to version 1.6.0_26.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4593 has more details about the updates.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 will be the location for information about the security content of the updates, although that information had not yet been posted by Apple at the time this article was written.

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Macuser72

SInce this update my finder freeze , it froze 2 times in an hour :(
i wish i could revert :(

June 29 2011 at 7:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Whurm

But does it make Minecraft faster? That's the real question.

June 28 2011 at 11:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Yuusharo

I still don't understand why Oracle doesn't have a solution to this problem? Adobe introduced a native preference pane with Flash 10.3 for both Mac and Windows, which now handles settings and updates independent of Apple, and usually a lot timelier.

Yet, for some reason, there is no way to update Java on a Mac without waiting for Apple to patch it for us. These vulnerabilities were fixed weeks ago in the Windows and Linux versions, so why did Mac users have to wait and remain vulnerable for so long? Remember the nasty Java vulnerability a few years ago that took Apple six months (yes, SIX MONTHS) after the fix was released for Windows and Linux to patch? The security researcher was so annoyed by Apple he wrote proof-of-concept code and published it to the world. Apple fixed it just a few days later.

Seriously, why isn't there a better way? Apple has already depreciated both Flash and Java in Snow Leopard and Lion, and have no interest in providing support for either for obvious reasons. Why doesn't Oracle step up to the plate and take responsibility for their own code on the Mac platform?

June 28 2011 at 6:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply