Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2964-1
4th May, 2016
openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.
Software description
- openjdk-7
– Open Source Java implementation
Details
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit
these to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive data over the network,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687,
CVE-2016-3427)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2016-0695)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability.
An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-3425)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
openjdk-7-jre-zero
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-source
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-lib
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-jdk
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-headless
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
-
openjdk-7-jre
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
openjdk-7-jre-zero
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-source
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-lib
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jdk
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre-headless
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
-
openjdk-7-jre
7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional
bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any
Java applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.