SUSE: 2016:0959-1 Important: Java 1.7 OpenJDK Security Fix
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April 5, 2016
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
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
References
#972468
Cross- CVE-2016-0636
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0636.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/972468
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0959-1
Rating: important
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