Debian: DSA-3401-1: openjdk-7 security update

Date 22 Nov 2015

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

It was discovered that rebinding a receiver of a direct method handle may allow a protected method to be accessed. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3401-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 22, 2015                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : openjdk-7
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-4871

It was discovered that rebinding a receiver of a direct method handle
may allow a protected method to be accessed.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 7u91-2.6.3-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 7u91-2.6.3-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 7u91-2.6.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openjdk-7 packages.

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