Have updates, will travel.
Late Tuesday, Apple released Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7, providing “improved reliability, security and compatibility.” The 76 megabyte download requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 to install and run.
The company also released Java for Mac OS X Lion 2012-001, which claims to offer improved compatibility security and reliability. The download comes in at 63.8 megabytes and requires OS X 10.7 or later to install and run.
The updates, which can be located, downloaded and installed via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature, focus on multiple vulnerabilities that exist in Java 1.6.0_29, 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. If you’ve tried the new versions and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.