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Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2016-748
Advisory Release Date: 2016-09-15 19:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2016-09-15 19:00 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
An insufficient bytecode verification flaw was discovered in the Hotspot component in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to completely bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-3606)
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-1.6.0-openjdk
Issue Correction:
Run yum update java-1.6.0-openjdk to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.i686
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.i686
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.i686
java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.i686
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.i686
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.i686
src:
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.src
x86_64:
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.40-1.13.12.6.75.amzn1.x86_64