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Security Bulletin: Java Applets and JavaScript Inside HTML Emails


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IBM has made a security announcement that  the IBM Notes mail client versions 9.0-8.0 are able to receive HTML emails that may include Java applet tags and JavaScript tags that could load scripts from remote locations with no security prompts.
Java Applet user security in IBM Lotus Notes

IBM has released fixes and patches, or remediation steps, to solve the issue.

The fix is included in Interim Fix 1 for Notes 8.5.3 Fix Pack 4* and Interim Fix 1 for Notes 9.0* for Windows with the Mac version coming soon.  For Linux, clients are encouraged to monitor fix availability in 8.5.3 Fix Pack 5 and 9.0.1
You can obtain these fixes from Fix Central 


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