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Oracle has dispelled rumors that the upcoming security update for Java 7 and those it will release in the future might not work on Windows XP.

"We expect all versions of Java that were supported prior to the Microsoft de-support announcement to continue to work on Windows XP for the foreseeable future," said Henrik Stahl, vice-president of product management in the Java Platform Group at Oracle, in a blog post Friday.

"Security updates issued by Oracle will continue to be pushed out to Windows XP desktops," he said.

The next security updates for Java 7 will be released Tuesday and will address 20 security issues that can be exploited remotely without authentication. Some vulnerabilities to be patched in the update have the highest criticality rating (10.0) in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, Oracle said in an advance notification.

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