If you thought you just listen to a interruption in the Force--as if millions of voices cried out in terror plus were abruptly silenced-- after that take a deep breath as well as relax: it's just a couple of Java software updates for Mac OS X.

Apple has recently discharged two updates, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 as well as Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6, on today itself. Both contain a number of security fixes for the cross-platform technology, with the Leopard update being the heftier of the two, weighing in at 122MB.

The Leopard update, which need Mac OS X 10.5.8 conveys J2SE 5.0 to 1.5.0_22 as well as Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17; J2SE 1.4.2 is disabled by default in this update, as it's not being modernized. The 78MB Snow Leopard update get Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17 too, and need Mac OS X 10.6.2.

If you're probing about specifically what startling security vulnerabilities we're being secluded from this moment, you can run down the whole list for the Snow Leopard or else Leopard flavors of the update. Both resolve a number of vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_15, with one that might let an untrusted Java applet to get elevated privileges, with which it might potentially do spiteful things. The Leopard update also mortars a number of chinks in Java 1.5.0_20 along the same lines as above.

The two updates also share a fix for a loophole in which and terminated certificate for an applet can be considered as applicable.

The updates are offered currently using Apple's Support downloads page or else in Software Update; something tells me you've almost certainly got just enough time to grab a cup of coffee while they set up.