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To fix a denial-of-service issue due to excessive memory usage, upgrade openjdk-8 on your Debian system. See advisory DSA-4268-1 for details
It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in the Concurrency component of OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform could result in denial of service via...
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Summary

It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in the
Concurrency component of OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java
platform could result in denial of service via excessive memory
consumption.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 8u181-b13-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openjdk-8 packages.

For the detailed security status of openjdk-8 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openjdk-8

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: openjdk-8
CVE ID: CVE-2018-2952

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