Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-1491 to the following vulnerability: Oracle Java 7 Update 17, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013. References: [1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1491 [2] http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 [3] http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/ [4] https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309438311112507392
This is now fixed in Java SE 7u21, 6u45, and 5.0u45: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html Issue is listed as affecting 2D component. According to Oracle, OpenJDK was not affected by this issue.
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2013:0758 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.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-2013:0757 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.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-2013:0823 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0823.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-2013:0822 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0822.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-2013:0855 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0855.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