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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-2885-1 Moderate: OpenJDK 6 DoS Threats

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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2885-1 points out vulnerabilities found in OpenJDK 6, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding sensitive information.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Software Description:

- openjdk-6: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related

to information disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An

attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service, expose

sensitive data over the network, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2016-0483, CVE-2016-0494)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data

integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data

over the network or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0402)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to

information disclosure. An attacker could exploit this to expose

sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2016-0448)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to

availability. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of

service. (CVE-2016-0466)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu data exposure OpenJDK

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional
bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any
Java applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2885-1

CVE-2016-0402, CVE-2016-0448, CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2016-0483,

CVE-2016-0494

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February 01, 2016

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu data exposure OpenJDK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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