Oracle, which acquired Java when it bought Sun Microsystems in 2010, has not yet issued a security patch for this particular vulnerability.

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Oracle obtained Java when it purchased Sun Microsystems in early 2010.

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Some cable firms will succumb to Microsoft's pitch, but most prefer an open standard, possibly based on the Java programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.

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