QID 352282

QID 352282: Amazon Linux Security Update for java-1.6.0-openjdk: AL2012-2016-158

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2016-3606: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u101 and 8u92 and Java SE Embedded 8u91 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Hotspot. 1356963:
CVE-2016-3606 OpenJDK: insufficient bytecode verification (Hotspot, 8155981)
CVE-2016-3550: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92 and Java SE Embedded 8u91 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to Hotspot. 1357506:
CVE-2016-3550 OpenJDK: integer overflows in bytecode streams (Hotspot, 8152479)
CVE-2016-3508: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92; Java SE Embedded 8u91; and JRockit R28.3.10 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2016-3500. 1357015:
CVE-2016-3508 OpenJDK: missing entity replacement limits (JAXP, 8149962)
CVE-2016-3500: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92; Java SE Embedded 8u91; and JRockit R28.3.10 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2016-3508. 1357008:
CVE-2016-3500 OpenJDK: maximum XML name limit not applied to namespace URIs (JAXP, 8148872)
CVE-2016-3458: 1357494:
CVE-2016-3458 OpenJDK: insufficient restrictions on the use of custom ValueHandler (CORBA, 8079718) Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92; and Java SE Embedded 8u91 allows remote attackers to affect integrity via vectors related to CORBA. Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; allows unauthorized modification; allows disruption of service.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.6 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.

Solution

Administrators are advised to apply the appropriate software updates.

Vendor References

CVEs related to QID 352282

CVE-2016-3550 | CVE-2016-3458 | CVE-2016-3508 | CVE-2016-3606 | CVE-2016-3500 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
AL2012-2016-158	Amazon Linux Bare Metal		docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-updates.html

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