USN-3077-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3077-1

12th September, 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

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)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive data over the network,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3606)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
icedtea-6-jre-cacao

6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm

6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre

6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-headless

6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-zero

6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-lib

6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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.

References

CVE-2016-3458,

CVE-2016-3500,

CVE-2016-3508,

CVE-2016-3550,

CVE-2016-3606

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