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openSUSE 42.1: 2016:1004-1 Important: Java Update Fixes MethodHandle

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Calendar Grey April 11, 2016
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Urgent security patch released for java-1_7_0-openjdk on openSUSE addressing significant vulnerabilities and enhancing methodHandle functionality.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

The OpenJDK Java java-1_7_0-openjdk was updated to 2.6.5 to fix the

following issues:

Update to 2.6.5 - OpenJDK 7u99 (bsc#972468)

* Security fixes

- S8152335, CVE-2016-0636: Improve MethodHandle consistency

* Import of OpenJDK 7 u99 build 0

- S6425769, PR2858: Allow specifying an address to bind JMX remote

connector

- S6961123: setWMClass fails to null-terminate WM_CLASS string

- S8145982, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently

- S8146015, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently

for IPv6 addresses

* Backports

- S8028727, PR2814: [parfait] warnings from b116 for

jdk.src.share.native.sun.security.ec: JNI pending exceptions

- S8048512, PR2814: Uninitialised memory in

jdk/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/ECC_JNI.cpp

- S8071705. PR2819, RH1182694: Java application menu misbehaves when

running multiple screen stacked vertically

- S8150954, PR2866,...

Read the Full Advisory

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-444=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

java-1_7_0-openjdk-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-accessibility-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-bootstrap-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-bootstrap-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-bootstrap-debugsource-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-bootstrap-devel-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-bootstrap-devel-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-bootstrap-headless-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-bootstrap-headless-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-debugsource-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-demo-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless-debuginfo-1.7.0.99-28.1

java-1_7_0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.99-28.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

java-1_7_0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.99-28.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0636.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/972468

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1004-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 .

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