Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2016-748
Advisory Release Date: 2016-09-15 19:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2016-09-15 19:00 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
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.
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