LibreOffice installs Java and opens a security risk?

[leszek.lesner at web.de]

This is normal. Some components and the assistent to create letters is still usong java I guess.
My question would be why do you think this is an security risk ? 
As far as I see it only installs the runtime engine and no browserplugin.


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John Hupp schrieb am 19.07.13 04:30:
This is in 13.04 Raring.  I was looking at the dependent packages that are installed with the LibreOffice metapackage.  Various references to JRE (Java Runtime Environment) and Java.

On 7/18/2013 8:56 PM, Augustine Souza wrote:

John, how long ago was this? I can't give you a reference, but I don't think LibreOffice 4 installs any type of Java at all. It's possible this happened with much older versions and before Oracle changed some legal stuff about Oracle which even caused Canonical to drop Oracle's Java from the repos.  



On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:46 AM, John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com> wrote:

I forget if I asked this question some time back, but if I did, I don't remember that the matter was settled.

I wanted to add LibreOffice to an installation for the sake of better MS Office file compatibility and to gain a presentations program, but it looks like LibreOffice will install Java.  It seems to me that this must open a security risk.  But I recall also doing some reading that indicated Java might be removed and most common LibreOffice functions will work just fine (I think the notable exception being the Base database).

Can someone clarify/amplify?

--John

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