Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2885-1
1st February, 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-2016-0483, 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)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- 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-zero
6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
-
openjdk-6-jre-lib
6b38-1.13.10-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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.
References
Source: ubuntu-usn
