ALAS-2016-729

Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2016-729
Advisory Release Date: 2016-08-01 13:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2016-08-01 13:30 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

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.

New Packages:
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

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2016-3458, CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3508, CVE-2016-3550, CVE-2016-3598, CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3610

Mitre: CVE-2016-3458, CVE-2016-3500, CVE-2016-3508, CVE-2016-3550, CVE-2016-3598, CVE-2016-3606, CVE-2016-3610