USN-2827-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
3 December 2015
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.
Releases
Packages
- 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 or expose sensitive
data over the network. (CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4843,
CVE-2015-4844, CVE-2015-4860, CVE-2015-4881, CVE-2015-4883)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit
this to expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2015-4806)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. An attacker could exploit this expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2015-4872)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related
to information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose
sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-4842,
CVE-2015-4903)
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related
to availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2015-4803, CVE-2015-4893, CVE-2015-4911)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
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icedtea-6-jre-cacao
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6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
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icedtea-6-jre-jamvm
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6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
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openjdk-6-jre
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6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
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openjdk-6-jre-headless
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6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
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openjdk-6-jre-zero
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6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
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openjdk-6-jre-lib
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6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
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.
Related notices
- USN-2784-1: openjdk-7-jre-headless, icedtea-7-jre-jamvm, openjdk-7-jre-lib, openjdk-7, openjdk-7-doc, openjdk-7-source, openjdk-7-jdk, openjdk-7-jre-zero, openjdk-7-jre, openjdk-7-demo
- USN-3227-1: libicu55, libicu57, icu-doc, icu-devtools, icu, libicu-dev, libicu48, libicu52