1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3830-1

USN-3830-1: OpenJDK regression

Publication date

28 November 2018

Overview

USN-3804-1 introduced a regression in OpenJDK.

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-3804-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK. Unfortunately, that update
introduced a regression when validating JAR files that prevented Java
applications from finding classes in some situations. This update
fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

USN-3804-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK. Unfortunately, that update
introduced a regression when validating JAR files that prevented Java
applications from finding classes in some situations. This update
fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Update instructions

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.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 LTS bionic openjdk-11-jdk –  10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.4
openjdk-11-jre –  10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.4
openjdk-11-jre-headless –  10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.4
16.04 LTS xenial openjdk-8-jdk –  8u191-b12-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
openjdk-8-jre –  8u191-b12-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u191-b12-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
openjdk-8-jre-jamvm –  8u191-b12-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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