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Java 17 Update Addresses 42

The main browser update addresses 42 vulnerabilities while the second Apple patch fixes 21 security flaws.

Java 17 Code On Your

The vast majority of them are to do with remote exploitation without authentication, which in laymans terms means that if you land on a compromised or malicious website, then the attacker can run code on your machine (infect you), said Ferguson.

There is an associate patch from Apple (they maintain their own Java for Mac OS) which addresses 21 of the vulnerabilities listed in the Oracle release and a separate security update for Safari which allows the user to only enable Java on a per site basis.

Since the start of 2013 numerous Java based exploits have been uncovered by security researchers.

Java For Mac Update 17