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This Web Server Not So Sun-ny

If you run Sun Java System Active Server Pages, you best get to patching. Security company iDefense (the same one that found the VMware problems) discovered a slew of vulnerabilities in the Sun Web server. Hackers can basically take over the whole deal, logging on, messing with files and running their own code.

Sun has updated the software, which takes care of the problems.

Posted by Doug Barney on June 09, 2008


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