On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 08:48:37PM -0700, Greg Lewis wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:10:48PM +0200, cpghost wrote: > > Freenet (http://www.freenetproject.org/) on my FreeBSD/amd64 system > > complains about an old and vulnerable Java version: > > > > Your installed version of Java is vulnerable to a severe remote > > exploit (remote code execution!). You must upgrade to at least Java > > 5 update 20 or Java 6 update 15 as soon as possible. Freenet has > > disabled any plugins handling XML for the time being, but this > > includes searching and chat so you should upgrade ASAP! > > We're almost certainly vulnerable. The jdk16 port is at Update 3.
Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. > > See http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html for > > details. > > > > Also, please do not use Thaw or Freetalk. The UPnP plugin is > > enabled, it might present a risk if you have bad guys on your LAN, > > but without it Freenet will not be able to port forward and will > > have severe problems. > > > > I'm running java/jdk16: > > > > phenom# java -version > > java version "1.6.0_03-p4" > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build > > 1.6.0_03-p4-root_08_sep_2009_17_05-b00) > > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build > > 1.6.0_03-p4-root_08_sep_2009_17_05-b00, mixed mode) > > > > On 7.2-STABLE: > > > > phenom# uname -a > > FreeBSD phenom.cordula.ws 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #0: Tue Sep 8 > > 10:43:26 CEST 2009 r...@phenom.cordula.ws:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > > amd64 > > > > Is that version of Java really vulnerable? If yes, why doesn't > > # portaudit -Fda > > report it as such, and could you please update the java/jdk16 port? > > We need an entry in the VUXML database I guess. > > Updating java/jdk16 is going to be a slow process. There are lots of > changes between Update 3 and Update 15. I've partially merged Update 4, > but obviously that still leaves many to go... Looks like *a lot* of work... Any chance to see progress here before 8.0-RELEASE? It's not a big deal, but shipping an updated port without that vuln. would be nice. > Greg Lewis Email : gle...@eyesbeyond.com > Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com > Information Technology FreeBSD : gle...@freebsd.org Thanks for the great work supporting JDK natively on FreeBSD, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
