{"id":4607,"date":"2012-04-02T15:21:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T22:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2012-04-04T04:39:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T11:39:22","slug":"blocking-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2012\/04\/02\/blocking-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Blocklisting Older Versions of Java"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - February 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/topics\/security\/javacpufeb2012-366318.html\" target=\"_blank\">February 2012 update<\/a> to the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) included a patch to correct a critical vulnerability that can permit the loading of arbitrary code on an end-user&#8217;s computer.<\/p>\n<p>This vulnerability\u2014present in the older versions of the JDK and JRE\u2014is actively being exploited, and is a potential risk to users. To mitigate this risk, we have added affected versions of the Java plugin for Windows (Version 6 Update 30 and below as well as Version 7 Update 2 and below) to Firefox&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/blocked\/p80\">blocklist<\/a>. A blocklist entry for the Java plugin on OS X may be added at a future date.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla strongly encourages anyone who requires the JDK and JRE to update to the current version as soon as possible on all platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Affected versions of the Java plugin will be disabled unless a user makes an explicit choice to keep it enabled at the time they are notified of the block being applied.<\/p>\n<p>Updated versions of the JRE for Windows and Linux operating systems are available through <a href=\"http:\/\/java.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">java.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update (12\/04\/04):<\/strong> Apple has released updated versions of the JRE for OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) and OS X Lion (10.7) through Software Update and <a title=\"Apple Support Downloads Site\" href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\">support.apple.com\/downloads\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The February 2012 update to the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) included a patch to correct a critical vulnerability that can permit the loading of arbitrary &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2012\/04\/02\/blocking-java\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[581,121],"tags":[884,12907,7105],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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