openjdk-8 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Java applications could be made to use excessive memory.
Software Description
- openjdk-8 - 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 possibly 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 16.04 LTS
- openjdk-8-jdk - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- openjdk-8-jre - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- openjdk-8-jre-headless - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- openjdk-8-jre-jamvm - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.