[USN-2827-1] OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

[Steve Beattie]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2827-1
December 03, 2015

openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
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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 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 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              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.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2827-1
  CVE-2015-4734, CVE-2015-4803, CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4806,
  CVE-2015-4835, CVE-2015-4842, CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4844,
  CVE-2015-4860, CVE-2015-4872, CVE-2015-4881, CVE-2015-4882,
  CVE-2015-4883, CVE-2015-4893, CVE-2015-4903, CVE-2015-4911

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b37-1.13.9-1ubuntu0.12.04.1

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