USN-2972-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
10 May 2016
openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-3427)
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-2016-0695)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3425)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- icedtea-6-jre-cacao - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- icedtea-6-jre-jamvm - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- openjdk-6-jdk - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- openjdk-6-jre - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- openjdk-6-jre-lib - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- openjdk-6-jre-zero - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- openjdk-6-source - 6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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.