Sun has patched for several vulnerabilities in its Java System Identity Manager. Rated "highly critical" by vulnerability tracking service Secunia, the flaws impact versions 7 and 8. The bugs could be exploited to allow for security bypass, cross-site scripting, data manipulation, information exposure, privilege escalation and system access, according to Secunia. Sun advised users to install the pertinent patches, which were distributed Monday. — DK
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