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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS OpenJDK 7 Moderate Advisory: Data Integrity and DoS

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Calendar Grey August 16, 2016
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Multiple vulnerabilities addressed in OpenJDK 7 for Ubuntu, impacting system integrity and access. Ensure you update immediately!
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Software Description:

- openjdk-7: 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-2016-3598,

CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3610)

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-2016-3458)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related

to availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial

of service. (CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3508)

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-2016-35...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3

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-3062-1

CVE-2016-3458, CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3508, CVE-2016-3550,

CVE-2016-3598, CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3610

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August 16, 2016

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS Ubuntu data integrity information exposure OpenJDK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3

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