USN-2818-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 15.10
• Ubuntu 15.04
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

It was discovered that rebinding of the receiver of a
DirectMethodHandle may allow a protected method to be accessed. Am
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10

• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04

• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u91-2.6.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart any Java
applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2015-4871