Secunia Security Advisory – Apple has issued an update for Java for Mac OS X. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, manipulate certain data, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

Apple Security Advisory 2012-10-16-1 – Multiple vulnerabilities exist in Java 1.6.0_35, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user.