Java for mac os 10.6
Credit to Jonathan Bringhurst of Northrop Grumman, and Jeffrey Czerniak for reporting this issue.
#JAVA FOR MAC OS 10.6 MAC OS X#
This issue only affects the Mac OS X implementation of Java. This issue is addressed through improved bounds checking.
#JAVA FOR MAC OS 10.6 CODE#
Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. Credit to Marc Schoenefeld of University of Bamberg for reporting this issue.ĭescription: A signedness issue exists in the handling of window drawing. This issue is addressed by preventing Java applets from using the package. If you have Java 7 or later versions, you will see a Java icon under System Preferences. To get the latest Java from Oracle, you will need Mac OS X 10.7.3 and above. Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and above: Java is not pre-installed with Mac OS X versions 10.7 and above. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. Mac OS X 10.6 and below: Apple's Java comes pre-installed with your Mac OS. Impact: Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current userĭescription: An out of bounds memory access issue exists in the handling of mediaLibImage objects. Further information is available via the Sun Java website at These issues are addressed by updating to Java version 1.6.0_20. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user.
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_17ĭescription: Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Java 1.6.0_17, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox.