A flaw was found in the javax.management.modelmbean.DescriptorSupport class, that could allow an untrusted Java application or applet to gain access to classes in restricted packages, bypassing certain expected Java sandbox restrictions.
Fixed now in Oracle JDK 7u9 and 6u37. External Reference: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html
Fix included in IcedTea6 versions 1.10.10 and 1.11.5: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-October/020556.html http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.11/file/d9564350faa6/patches/security/20121016/7192975.patch
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1386 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1386.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2012:1385 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1385.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1384 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1384.html
Fix included in IcedTea7 versions 2.1.3, 2.2.3 and 2.3.3: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-October/020571.html http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/da9b90b138f3
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1391 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1391.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1392 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1392.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1467 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1467.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-2012:1465 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1465.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