Public bug reported: Hi there,
the Ubuntu 6.10 bundled JRE/JDK (java -version shows 1.5.0_08) suffers from a security problem (mostly classified as CRITICAL) handling GIF images as you can see in [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Please update to the latest JRE/JDK 1.5 (version 1.5.0_10). Thanks Bye Piero [1]http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-005.html [2]http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102760-1 [3]http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0211 [4]http://secunia.com/advisories/23757/ ** Affects: sun-java5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed ** This bug has been flagged as a security issue -- Java 1.5.0_08 security problem https://launchpad.net/bugs/80569 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
