Sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/1.*įor example, the buffer overflow in GIF processing for Java earlier ( CR 6805998) affected not only current versions of Java, but also past versions as well.
In order to remove stale versions of the Java framework from your machine, execute: Given that both 1.3 and 1.4 are already End-of-Life (and the fact that everything will run on 1.5 or above), there doesn't seem to be a particularly compelling reason to keep them around. System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions lists many ancient versions of Java, including those with known security holes. I recently discovered that Mac OS X has a plethora of old versions of Java, installed by default, on Mac OS X.
