Apple Releases fixes For Java Security Hole

It is long overdue and Apple finally fixes the long outstanding Java security holes reported back in August and December 2008 (Ars Technica article).

The Java update is available for Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard. Apparently Apple has included the fixes in the Developer Preview version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Released on June 15th, 2009:

Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 9 | 80.11MB
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.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3593
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3633

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 | 158MB
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.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3581
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3632

Java for Mac OS X updates are also available through Apple Software Update.

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