Closed Bug 846366 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Java 17u15 erroneous blocked because of security vulnerability

Categories

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)

x86_64
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: linuxhippy, Unassigned)

References

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0
Build ID: 20130215130331

Steps to reproduce:

browsed to some page which contains appelt


Actual results:

all applets are blocked, despite java7u15 is installed


Expected results:

applets should start as expected
Despite being the latest version, Java S7 U15 has known exploitable vulnerabilities (see bug 843373).
Nevertheless, you can allow Java always on websites you trust or for all websites during a Firefox session: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-to-use-java-if-its-been-blocked
Blocks: 843373
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Component: Untriaged → Blocklisting
Product: Firefox → addons.mozilla.org
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Version: 19 Branch → unspecified
(In reply to Clemens Eisserer from comment #0)
> User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101
> Firefox/19.0
> Build ID: 20130215130331
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> browsed to some page which contains appelt
> 
> 
> Actual results:
> 
> all applets are blocked, despite java7u15 is installed
> 
> 
> Expected results:
> 
> applets should start as expected
(In reply to Scoobidiver from comment #0)
> Despite being the latest version, Java S7 U15 has known exploitable
> vulnerabilities (see bug 843373).
> Nevertheless, you can allow Java always on websites you trust or for all
> websites during a Firefox session:
> https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-to-use-java-if-its-been-blocked
#46
(In reply to mehrdad.rezaei.k from comment #2)
> (In reply to Clemens Eisserer from comment #46)
> > User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101
> > Firefox/19.0
> > Build ID: 20130215130331
> > 
> > Steps to reproduce:
> > 
> > browsed to some page which contains appelt
> > 
> > 
> > Actual results:
> > 
> > all applets are blocked, despite java7u15 is installed
> > 
> > 
> > Expected results:
> > 
> > applets should start as expected
Product: addons.mozilla.org → Toolkit
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