USN-2963-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• openjdk-8 - 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)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related
to information disclosure. An attacker could exploit this to expose
sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2016-0695, CVE-2016-3426)

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 16.04

• openjdk-8-jdk - 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jdk-headless - 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jre - 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jre-headless - 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jre-jamvm - 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-jre-zero - 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1
• openjdk-8-source - 8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1

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

• CVE-2016-0686
• CVE-2016-0687
• CVE-2016-0695
• CVE-2016-3425
• CVE-2016-3426
• CVE-2016-3427

Related notices

• USN-2972-1: openjdk-6-jre-zero, icedtea-6-jre-cacao, openjdk-6-jre-lib, openjdk-6-jre-headless, openjdk-6, openjdk-6-jre, openjdk-6-source, icedtea-6-jre-jamvm, openjdk-6-jdk
• USN-2964-1: openjdk-7-jdk, openjdk-7-jre-zero, openjdk-7, openjdk-7-demo, openjdk-7-jre, openjdk-7-jre-headless, openjdk-7-jre-lib, openjdk-7-source, icedtea-7-jre-jamvm, openjdk-7-doc