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
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart any Java applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.