Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2827-1
3rd December, 2015
openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.
Software description
- openjdk-6
– 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 or expose sensitive
data over the network. (CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4843,
CVE-2015-4844, CVE-2015-4860, CVE-2015-4881, CVE-2015-4883)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit
this to expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2015-4806)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. An attacker could exploit this expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2015-4872)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related
to information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose
sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-4842,
CVE-2015-4903)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related
to availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2015-4803, CVE-2015-4893, CVE-2015-4911)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
icedtea-6-jre-cacao
6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm
6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre
6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre-headless
6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre-zero
6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre-lib
6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
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.