As part of a massive quarterly ‘CPU’ (Critical Patch Update), Oracle recently announced Java 7, Update 45 (7u45).

This new version of Java includes several security enhancements, mostly related to Java component deployment. A new button on the Security tab of the Java Control Panel, labeled ‘Restore Security Prompts’, allows the user to completely clear the list of allowed Java applications.

As for the contentious ‘Issue 69‘ Java security vulnerability reported by security researcher Adam Gowdiak: according to Mr. Gowdiak’s latest research, this issue was resolved in Java 7, Update 40 (7u40).