FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.7.0_17

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows XP

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
we are deploying our application in weblogic server, and our application compiled in jdk 1.6 earlier , its working fine for signed jar applet, when i installed JRE 1.7 getting the java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
we are created a keystore for sign jar application, its working fine till JRE 1.6 version, after installed JRE 1.7 version we are getting beloe exception

java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException: java.io.IOException: No data available in passed DER encoded value.
at sun.security.x509.X509CertInfo.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.X509CertImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.X509CertImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.X509Factory.parseX509orPKCS7Cert(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.X509Factory.engineGenerateCertificates(Unknown Source)
at java.security.cert.CertificateFactory.generateCertificates(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.generateCertificate(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.loadCertificates(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.load(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.load(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.LazyRootStore.loadBrowserStore(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.LazyRootStore.getTrustAnchors(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.TrustDecider.validateChain(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.TrustDecider.isAllPermissionGranted(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.isTrustedByTrustDecider(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.getTrustedCodeSources(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ParentCallback.strategy(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ParentCallback.openClassPathElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.access$1000(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.ensureOpen(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getResource(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.findClassHelper(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.initAppletAdapter(Unknown Source)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: No data available in passed DER encoded value.
at sun.security.x509.GeneralNames.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.SubjectAlternativeNameExtension.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor14.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions.parseExtension(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions.init(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.X509CertInfo.parse(Unknown Source)
... 43 more
java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException: java.io.IOException: No data available in passed DER encoded value.
at sun.security.x509.X509CertInfo.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.X509CertImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.X509CertImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.X509Factory.parseX509orPKCS7Cert(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.provider.X509Factory.engineGenerateCertificates(Unknown Source)
at java.security.cert.CertificateFactory.generateCertificates(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.generateCertificate(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.loadCertificates(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.load(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.WIExplorerCertStore.load(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.X509Extended7DeployTrustManager.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getHeaderField(Unknown Source)
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getHeaderFieldDate(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLConnection.getLastModified(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getLastModified(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.util.SecurityBaseline.checkForBaselineUpdates(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.util.SecurityBaseline.access$300(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.util.SecurityBaseline$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: No data available in passed DER encoded value.
at sun.security.x509.GeneralNames.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.SubjectAlternativeNameExtension.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor14.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions.parseExtension(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions.init(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.x509.X509CertInfo.parse(Unknown Source)
... 30 more

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 6u31


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.