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Java Bug Makes IE, Firefox Vulnerable ("Highly Critical" - Update Required)
TechWeb ^ | November 23, 2004 | TechWeb News

Posted on 11/23/2004 11:39:35 PM PST by Eagle9

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1 posted on 11/23/2004 11:39:35 PM PST by Eagle9
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To: Eagle9
To everyone: Don't try to download the bad version (which may be the one listed above). Go to java.com and download Java version 1.5 under the Free Download area in green.

This is the latest version and it has many enhancements for speed for newly-written code.
2 posted on 11/23/2004 11:43:50 PM PST by ScottM1968
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; backhoe

I hate to post and run, but I'm in dire need of sleep.


3 posted on 11/23/2004 11:44:43 PM PST by Eagle9
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To: ScottM1968

At the Sun link, the verion is 1.4.2.06
At the Java.com link, the version is 1.4.2.05


4 posted on 11/23/2004 11:55:18 PM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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To: TomGuy

Sorry about that. You will need to go under the Developer's tab to get 1.5.0. That tab area is purple.

Look for J2SE 5.0. On the right hand side under "Popular Downloads" is the J2SE 5.0 download area. Once there choose the "J2SE 5.0 JRE" (which is the latest Java Runtime Environment).

That address, if you want to go right there, is as follows:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp


5 posted on 11/24/2004 12:00:43 AM PST by ScottM1968
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To: ScottM1968

I've already installed it and uninstalled all my previous JRE's.


6 posted on 11/24/2004 12:05:52 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: ScottM1968

Thanks for the update. I'm developing in Java and it's important to know of sandbox vulnerabilities.


7 posted on 11/24/2004 12:06:34 AM PST by FastCoyote
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To: Eagle9

tag. And I just installed firefox, too!


8 posted on 11/24/2004 12:12:30 AM PST by flashbunny (Every thought that enters my head requires its own vanity thread.)
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To: ShadowAce

PING -- FYI


9 posted on 11/24/2004 12:13:48 AM PST by Boomer Geezer (Sgt. Wanda Dabbs, 22, of the 230th, called out, "That's my president, hooah!" and there were cheers.)
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To: goldstategop
So let me get this straight ... download the new version, uninstall any previous version of JAVA I have on the system, and then install the new one, right?

The new install won't overlay the old one? Or is it just safer to uninstall the old and install the new?

10 posted on 11/24/2004 12:17:53 AM PST by Boomer Geezer (Sgt. Wanda Dabbs, 22, of the 230th, called out, "That's my president, hooah!" and there were cheers.)
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To: Eagle9

Esay link for this quick and easy Java 2 downlaod--->>

http://java.com/en/download


11 posted on 11/24/2004 12:19:55 AM PST by dennisw (G_D: Against Amelek for all generations)
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To: dennisw

That is a link that will let you download the previous bad 1.4.2. The newer 1.4.2 is listed above (version 6, I think) and the best version is 1.5.0 also listed above in the developer's section.


12 posted on 11/24/2004 12:31:15 AM PST by ScottM1968
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To: ScottM1968

Holy cow. I screwed that up?


13 posted on 11/24/2004 12:31:56 AM PST by dennisw (G_D: Against Amelek for all generations)
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To: dennisw

Hey, don't worry. I expected it the "Free Download" link to give the new 1.5.0 I've had for several months.

We were both wrong and Sun hasn't updated its own link.


14 posted on 11/24/2004 12:35:42 AM PST by ScottM1968
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To: dennisw; Eagle9; ScottM1968; TomGuy

When Y'all decide what one we REALLY need please make the link in large bold print, Thanks


15 posted on 11/24/2004 12:37:29 AM PST by ChefKeith (Life is GREAT with CoCo..........NASCAR...everything else is just a game!(Except War & Love))
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To: ChefKeith

Download 1.5.0 here:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

Choose the JRE because you don't need the extra developer tools.

This has a huge number of bug fixes in it over the 1.4.2 series.


16 posted on 11/24/2004 12:40:10 AM PST by ScottM1968
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To: Eagle9

OK,,silly question for those of us who are technically impaired.

I am not a developer, just an internet computer user. I use FF 1.0. Do I need to worry about this and DL this new Java jive thing?


Thanks!


17 posted on 11/24/2004 12:41:19 AM PST by Khurkris (That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
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To: ChefKeith

http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=22&PartDetailId=jre-1.5.0-oth-JPR&SiteId=JSC&TransactionId=noreg


Probably


18 posted on 11/24/2004 12:41:54 AM PST by dennisw (G_D: Against Amelek for all generations)
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To: dennisw
Probably ?

How probably????? Heck is this something the average web surfer even needs?

19 posted on 11/24/2004 12:45:41 AM PST by ChefKeith (Life is GREAT with CoCo..........NASCAR...everything else is just a game!(Except War & Love))
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To: ScottM1968

see 18 & 19 please


20 posted on 11/24/2004 12:46:45 AM PST by ChefKeith (Life is GREAT with CoCo..........NASCAR...everything else is just a game!(Except War & Love))
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