A flaw was found in the java.beans ClassFinder implementation, which allowed Java code running in the Java sandbox to obtain a reference to a restricted class, possibly allowing it to bypass sandbox restrictions. This flaw is one of the issues exploited by the Java 7 0day exploit published in August 2012, see bug 852051. Reference: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/336 (Vuln 1 / Issue 11)
Public now via Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-4681-1835715.html https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/security_alert_for_cve_20121 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u7-relnotes-1835816.html External Reference: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-4681-1835715.html
Upstream fix, as applied in IcedTea 7 2.3 repositories: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/2d21460a0530
OpenJDK7 repositories commit: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/dfffff29f870 Related fix: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/78e01a6ca8d3
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1221 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1221.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2012:1222 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1222.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1223 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1223.html
Fixed in IcedTea versions: 1.10.9, 1.11.4, 2.1.2, 2.2.2 and 2.3.2 http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-August/020127.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-August/020144.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-September/020151.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1225 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1225.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1289 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1289.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2012:1466 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1466.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.5 Via RHSA-2013:1456 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4 Via RHSA-2013:1455 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html