Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3043-1
27th July, 2016
openjdk-8 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.
Software description
- openjdk-8
– 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-2016-3587,
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 16.04 LTS:
-
openjdk-8-jre-zero
8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1
-
openjdk-8-jdk
8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1
-
openjdk-8-jre
8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1
-
openjdk-8-jre-headless
8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1
-
openjdk-8-jre-jamvm
8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1
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.