Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2016-729
Advisory Release Date: 2016-08-01 13:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2016-08-01 13:30 Pacific
Multiple flaws were discovered in the Hotspot and Libraries components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to completely bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3598, CVE-2016-3610)
Multiple denial of service flaws were found in the JAXP component in OpenJDK. A specially crafted XML file could cause a Java application using JAXP to consume an excessive amount of CPU and memory when parsed. (CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3508)
Multiple flaws were found in the CORBA and Hotsport components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-3458, CVE-2016-3550)
Affected Packages:
java-1.7.0-openjdk
Issue Correction:
Run yum update java-1.7.0-openjdk to update your system.
i686:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.i686
noarch:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.noarch
src:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.src
x86_64:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.111-2.6.7.2.68.amzn1.x86_64