Apple released today, an update to Java for both Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger. To avoid becoming too boring, I will keep the technical jargon to a minimal. This update patches several vulnerabilities that could allow a person to introduce malicious Java applets to the system allowing them higher level access and […]
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Apple Releases Update for Critical Java Vulnerabilities

Jun 15th 2009 by

Apple released today, an update to Java for both Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger.

To avoid becoming too boring, I will keep the technical jargon to a minimal. This update patches several vulnerabilities that could allow a person to introduce malicious Java applets to the system allowing them higher level access and thus the ability to execute code.

The update was released less than a month after former Apple engineer Landon Fuller demonstrated an exploit to draw attention to the vulnerability.

Here are the downloads:

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7 and later.

This release updates Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_13, J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_19, and J2SE 1.4.2 to 1.4.2_21.

Please quit all web browsers before installing this update.

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 delivers improved reliability, security and compatibility for J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later.

This release updates J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_19 and J2SE 1.4.2 to version 1.4.2_21.

Please quit all web browsers before installing this update.

Here is the full documentation for both Leopard and Tiger.

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