Important: java-1.6.0-openjdk

Issue Overview:

It was discovered that the Beans component in OpenJDK did not perform permission checks properly. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to use classes from restricted packages, allowing it to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2012-1682)

A hardening fix was applied to the AWT component in OpenJDK, removing functionality from the restricted SunToolkit class that was used in combination with other flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2012-0547)

Affected Packages:

java-1.6.0-openjdk

Issue Correction:
Run yum update java-1.6.0-openjdk to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-52.1.11.4.46.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-0547, CVE-2012-1682

Mitre: CVE-2012-0547, CVE-2012-1682