========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3735-1 August 10, 2018
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 After a standard system update you need to restart any Java applications or applets to make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3735-1 CVE-2018-2952 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u181-2.6.14-0ubuntu0.2
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