[USN-2972-1] OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

[Steve Beattie]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2972-1
May 10, 2016

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, 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 versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jdk                   6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-source                6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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-2972-1
  CVE-2016-0686, CVE-2016-0687, CVE-2016-0695, CVE-2016-3425,
  CVE-2016-3427

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b39-1.13.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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