USN-2942-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2942-1

24th March, 2016

openjdk-7 vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

OpenJDK could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received specially crafted input.

Software description

• openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

A vulnerability was discovered in the 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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:

openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.2

openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.2

icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.2

openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.2

openjdk-7-jre 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.15.10.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

openjdk-7-jdk 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

openjdk-7-jre 7u95-2.6.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

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

CVE-2016-0636