OpenJDK: phantom references handling issue in garbage collector (Hotspot, 8047125)

A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot garbage collector handled phantom references. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to corrupt the Java Virtual Machine memory and, possibly, execute arbitrary code, bypassing Java sandbox restrictions...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update

Updated java-1.7.0-openjdk packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, a...