[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: icedtea-web-1.8.8-5.fc40

The IcedTea-Web project provides a free software implementation of Java Web Start, originally based on the NetX, project. IcedTea's NetX currently supports verification of signed jars, trusted certificate storing, system certificate store checking, and provides the services specified by the jnlp...

High Risk Flaw in Sun's Java Web Start

John Heasman of NGSSoftware has discovered a high risk vulnerability in Sun Microsystem's Java Web Start that ships with the JRE and JDK on Windows platforms. The vulnerability affects the following version of Java Web Start: Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier Java Web Start ...