Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2972-1
10th May, 2016
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, 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 12.04 LTS:
-
icedtea-6-jre-cacao
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jdk
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-source
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre-headless
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre-zero
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre-lib
6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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.