io.kent Posted September 8, 2012 Report Posted September 8, 2012 The platform Java, support for which the corporation is engaged in Oracle, found dangerous vulnerability that threatens millions of users around the world.Illustration Colin Anderson / Corbis. problem affects version of Java 7 Update 6. Theoretically susceptible to attack users of operating systems Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, as well as all popular browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. The situation is aggravated by the fact that the Internet is already available exploit that enables the use gap. Experts Secunia described the vulnerability as extremely dangerous, as it provides an opportunity to gain unauthorized access to a remote computer and run it on any malicious code. Documented cases of targeted attacks, it is possible that in the near future attacks will be massive. Experts recommend that you disable Java, because the official patch for the vulnerability does not currently exist. Oracle is going to release the next scheduled update Java only on 16 October, so it's possible that the "hole" will be prepared by the extraordinary critical "patch." Quote
