Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2818-1
25th November, 2015
openjdk-7 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
A security issue was fixed in OpenJDK 7.
Software description
- openjdk-7
– Open Source Java implementation
Details
It was discovered that rebinding of the receiver of a
DirectMethodHandle may allow a protected method to be accessed. Am
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
openjdk-7-jre-lib
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-zero
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-headless
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-jre
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
openjdk-7-jre-lib
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-zero
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
-
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-headless
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
openjdk-7-jre-lib
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-zero
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-headless
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre
7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart any Java
applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.