USN-2964-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2964-1

4th May, 2016

openjdk-7 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 15.10
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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-2016-0686, 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 version:

Ubuntu 15.10:: openjdk-7-jre-zero

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1; openjdk-7-source

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1; icedtea-7-jre-jamvm

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1; openjdk-7-jre-lib

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1; openjdk-7-jdk

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1; openjdk-7-jre-headless

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1; openjdk-7-jre

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:: openjdk-7-jre-zero

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; openjdk-7-source

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; icedtea-7-jre-jamvm

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; openjdk-7-jre-lib

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; openjdk-7-jdk

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; openjdk-7-jre-headless

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1; openjdk-7-jre

7u101-2.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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.