CVE-2016-3508

Publication date 21 July 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
icedtea-web	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
openjdk-6	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 6b40-1.13.12-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
openjdk-7	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 7u111-2.6.7-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
openjdk-8	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~15.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openjdk-8	Upstream: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jaxp/rev/c678c1a31a55

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3043-1
OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities
27 July 2016

USN-3062-1
OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
16 August 2016

USN-3077-1
OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
12 September 2016