Secunia

Description

Slackware has issued an update for jdk and jre. This fixes some vulnerabilities and a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or compromise a vulnerable system.

Note: Reportedly this update fixes all Sun JRE/JDK vulnerabilities reported in Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit prior to version 6.0 update 2 or Java 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment prior to version 6.0 update 2.


For more information check e.g.:
SA23757
SA25295
SA25769
SA26015

Solution
Apply updated packages for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0:
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Original Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.486841

Other references
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