DSA-3401-1 openjdk-7 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3401-1 openjdk-7 -- security update

Date Reported:

22 Nov 2015

Affected Packages:

openjdk-7

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-4871.

More information:

It was discovered that rebinding a receiver of a direct method handle may allow a protected method to be accessed.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 7u91-2.6.3-1~deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 7u91-2.6.3-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 7u91-2.6.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openjdk-7 packages.