Oracle has released an update fixing the vulnerability. The article I read about it in is: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/01/14/oracle-ships-java-7-update-11-with-vulnerability-fixes-increased-security-level-for-java-applets/ and the update can be downloaded here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html James -- Assistant Director Baxter Memorial Library On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Tim Pellett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Here is the article on that... > > http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-010A.html > > Tim > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Janet Wilson <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> We just became aware of an advisory issued by the Department of Homeland >> Security advising people to temporarily disable Java software on their >> computers to avoid potential hacking attacks. >> >> >> >> Just thought other libraries might want to check into it. (Our tech guy >> told us to go ahead and disable ours.) >> >> >> >> Janet Wilson >> >> Rangeley Public Library >> > > > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Tim Pellett > Library Support Specialist > Maine InfoNet, University of Maine > Phone: 207.581.3086 > http://support.maineinfonet.org