Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200702-07 (java)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200702-07.
Solution
All Sun Java Development Kit 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.10' All Sun Java Development Kit 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2*' All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.10' All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2*' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200702-07 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162511
Insight
Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contain a memory corruption flaw that allows the applets to gain elevated privileges potentially leading to the execute of arbitrary code.