The default Java security properties configuration did not restrict access to certain sub-packages of the com.sun.xml.internal package. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to access information that should be restricted via Java sandbox restrictions. This update lists whole com.sun.xml.internal package as restricted in the java.security file. External Reference: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html
Upstream commit, as included in IcedTea7 repositories: http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/c1fa21042291
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2013:0237 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.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-2013:0236 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0236.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2013:0246 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0246.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2013:0247 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2013:0245 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0245.html
Fixed in upstream IcedTea versions IcedTea6 1.11.6, and 1.12.1, and IcedTea7 2.1.5, 2.2.5, and 2.3.6: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-February/021708.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-February/021728.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-February/021905.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-February/021876.html Note that version 2.3.5 was tagged in upstream mercurial including the security fixes, but was not released. Only 2.3.6 was released, correcting problem introduced by security patches as included in 2.3.5.
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2013:0626 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0626.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-2013:0625 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0625.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