Two vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment have been announced. These may allow an applet to gain elevated privileges and could allow for the execution of arbitrary code. The affected releases are:

JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 13 and earlier

We recommend that you update your systems. The original advisory is at:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231261-1