{"id":5698,"date":"2012-08-30T13:27:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T20:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:57:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:57:01","slug":"oracle-updates-vulnerable-java-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/oracle-updates-vulnerable-java-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Updates Vulnerable Java Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle has released an early patch for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/topics\/security\/alert-cve-2012-4681-1835715.html\">vulnerable Java\u00a0version 7<\/a> that has led to a raft of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/osxtsunami-variant-found-dropped-by-java-0-day\/\">malware using zero-day Java exploits<\/a>. The patch was originally expected to be released during Oracle&#8217;s usual quarterly patch schedule, in October. Given the severity of this issue, we&#8217;re grateful to the developers who undoubtedly worked long hours to rush this update out to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s highly recommended, if you have Java version 7, that you <a href=\"http:\/\/java.com\/en\/download\/mac_download.jsp?locale=en\">update it immediately<\/a> with Java 7 Update 7. If you are running Java version 6 Oracle still advises for you to update, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/java\/javase\/downloads\/index.html\">Java 6 Update 35<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle has released an early patch for the vulnerable Java\u00a0version 7 that has led to a raft of malware using zero-day Java exploits. The patch was originally expected to be released during Oracle&#8217;s usual quarterly patch schedule, in October. 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