It was discovered that the GnomeFileTypeDetector did not check for read permissions. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to disclose potentially sensitive information.
External References: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2013:0958 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0958.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2013:0957 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0957.html
OpenJDK7 upstream repositories commit: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b1a2b9ac9714
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2013:0963 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0963.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-2013:1060 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html
Fixed in IcedTea7 versions 2.1.9, 2.2.9, 2.3.10 and 2.4.1: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023849.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023860.html http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-July/023895.html