=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3735-1
August 10, 2018

openjdk-7 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Java applications could be made to use excessive memory.

Software Description:
- openjdk-7: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK did
not properly validate arguments passed to it. An attacker could use
this to potentially construct a class that caused a denial of service
(excessive memory consumption).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2
  openjdk-7-jdk                   7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3735-1
  CVE-2018-2952

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 3735-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerability

August 10, 2018
Java applications could be made to use excessive memory.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2 openjdk-7-jdk 7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2 openjdk-7-jre 7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2 openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2 openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2 After a standard system update you need to restart any Java applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3735-1

CVE-2018-2952

Severity
August 10, 2018

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2

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