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Old August 28, 2012, 12:32 PM
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Pritty much trash Java now. Major possible exploit of on any browser and any platform. 0 day

If your running Java !
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Old August 28, 2012, 12:54 PM
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Well... that's some bad news, especially for web devolopper working in Java...
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Old August 28, 2012, 12:58 PM
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Read comments to the post.
none expect Orical to step to the plate in good time.
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I presume not a lot of people are using Java 1.7.0 though. They were offering updates to 1.6.0 up until the latest release of 1.7.0.

I know my work is still running 1.6.0 Update 31, which is quite a few revisions behind.
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Old August 28, 2012, 07:41 PM
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At the moment it say in the article that 1.6 is safe but they also say it is a matter when not if 1.6 could be comprimised also.
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