Important: java-1.7.0-openjdk

Issue Overview:

Two improper permission check issues were discovered in the reflection API in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Affected Packages:

java-1.7.0-openjdk

Issue Correction:
Run yum update java-1.7.0-openjdk to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.i686  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.15.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2012-3174

Mitre: CVE-2012-3174