📚 Oracle Java up to 5.0 Update 45/6 Update 45/7 Update 21 2D integer coercion

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Java up to 5.0 Update 45/6 Update 45/7 Update 21 (Programming Language Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component 2D. Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Heise notes, that "[t]his is the last Java update that will occur on the out of sync timetable that has been in play since the start of the year. The next update is scheduled to take place as part of Oracle's normal Critical Patch Update schedule in October this year". Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13297. ...