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Java, BlackBerry desktop get security bug fixes
Netflash — ... about 800 million Java desktop users worldwide, so Sun's updates are important. Hackers have increasingly turned to third party software such as Java as Microsoft has made it harder to attack the core Windows operating system. There is just one BlackBerry bug fix. The problem lies in a Lotus Notes DLL that is included by default in all BlackBerry Desktop 5.0 and earlier installations. RIM warned that the flaw could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's PC. As with the worst of the Java bugs , an attacker could take advantage of the BlackBerry bug by first ...

Sun Updates Java, Fixes 23 Vulnerabilities
Security Watch — ... Command Execution Vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment Deployment Toolkit May be Leveraged to Execute Arbitrary Code—The description really says it all, other than that the attack happens by viewing a specially-crafted web page. ...

Sun Java Runtime Environment Multiple Vulnerabilities (269868 et al)
Nessus.org Plugins — ... vulnerability in the JRE with verifying HMAC digests may allow authentication to be bypassed. (270475) - Two vulnerabilities in the JRE with decoding DER encoded data and parsing HTTP headers may separately allow a remote client to cause the JRE on the server to run out of memory, resulting in a denial of service. (270476) See also : http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269868-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269869-1 ...