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SUSE: 2016:1340-2 Critical Security Updates for OpenSSL Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey May 6, 2016
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SUSE releases java-1_8_0-openjdk addressing several critical security vulnerabilities to strengthen system integrity.
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for java-1_7_0-openjdk to version 2.6.6 fixes five security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-0686: Ensure thread consistency (bsc#976340). - CVE-2016-0687: Better byte behavior (bsc#976340). - CVE-2016-0695: Make DSA more fair (bsc#976340). - CVE-2016-3425: Better buffering of XML strings (bsc#976340). - CVE-2016-3427: Improve JMX connections (bsc#976340). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-725=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-725=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

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References

#976340

Cross- CVE-2016-0686 CVE-2016-0687 CVE-2016-0695

CVE-2016-3425 CVE-2016-3427

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-2016-0686.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0687.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0695.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3425.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3427.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/976340

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1250-1
Rating: important

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