Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3062-1
16th August, 2016
openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- 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-2016-3598,
CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3610)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data
over the network or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3458)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related
to availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3508)
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-2016-3550)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
openjdk-7-jre-lib
7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
-
openjdk-7-jre-zero
7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
-
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
-
openjdk-7-jre-headless
7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
-
openjdk-7-jre
7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
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.