Ubuntu Security Notice 2972-1 - 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.
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==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2972-1
May 10, 2016
openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
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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 versions:
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-jre 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-6-source 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2972-1
CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-0695, CVE-2016-3425,
CVE-2016-3427
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1