CVE-2016-0636

These are all security issues fixed in the java-1_8_0-openjdk-1.8.0.111-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

These are all security issues fixed in the java-1_7_0-openjdk-1.7.0.121-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

The OpenJDK Java java-1_7_0-openjdk was updated to 2.6.5 to fix the following issues:

Update to 2.6.5 - OpenJDK 7u99 (bsc#972468)

• Security fixes
  • S8152335, CVE-2016-0636: Improve MethodHandle consistency, which could be used by attackers to inject code.
• Import of OpenJDK 7 u99 build 0
  • S6425769, PR2858: Allow specifying an address to bind JMX remote connector
  • S6961123: setWMClass fails to null-terminate WM_CLASS string
  • S8145982, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently
  • S8146015, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently for IPv6 addresses
• Backports
  • S8028727, PR2814: [parfait] warnings from b116 for jdk.src.share.native.sun.security.ec: JNI pending exceptions
  • S8048512, PR2814: Uninitialised memory in jdk/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/ECC_JNI.cpp
  • S8071705. PR2819, RH1182694: Java application menu misbehaves when running multiple screen stacked vertically
  • S8150954, PR2866, RH1176206: AWT Robot not compatible with GNOME Shell
• Bug fixes
  • PR2803: Make system CUPS optional
  • PR2886: Location of 'stap' executable is hard-coded
  • PR2893: test/tapset/jstaptest.pl should be executable
  • PR2894: Add missing test directory in make check.
• CACAO
  • PR2781, CA195: typeinfo.cpp: typeinfo_merge_nonarrays: Assertion `dest && result && x.any && y.any' failed
• AArch64 port
  • PR2852: Add support for large code cache
  • PR2852: Apply ReservedCodeCacheSize default limiting to AArch64 only.
  • S8081289, PR2852: aarch64: add support for RewriteFrequentPairs in interpreter
  • S8131483, PR2852: aarch64: illegal stlxr instructions
  • S8133352, PR2852: aarch64: generates constrained unpredictable instructions
  • S8133842, PR2852: aarch64: C2 generates illegal instructions with int shifts >=32
  • S8134322, PR2852: AArch64: Fix several errors in C2 biased locking implementation
  • S8136615, PR2852: aarch64: elide DecodeN when followed by CmpP 0
  • S8138575, PR2852: Improve generated code for profile counters
  • S8138641, PR2852: Disable C2 peephole by default for aarch64
  • S8138966, PR2852: Intermittent SEGV running ParallelGC
  • S8143067, PR2852: aarch64: guarantee failure in javac
  • S8143285, PR2852: aarch64: Missing load acquire when checking if ConstantPoolCacheEntry is resolved
  • S8143584, PR2852: Load constant pool tag and class status with load acquire
  • S8144201, PR2852: aarch64: jdk/test/com/sun/net/httpserver/Test6a.java fails with --enable-unlimited-crypto
  • S8144582, PR2852: AArch64 does not generate correct branch profile data
  • S8146709, PR2852: AArch64: Incorrect use of ADRP for byte_map_base
  • S8147805, PR2852: aarch64: C1 segmentation fault due to inline Unsafe.getAndSetObject
  • S8148240, PR2852: aarch64: random infrequent null pointer exceptions in javac
• PPC & AIX port
  • S8034797, PR2851: AIX: Fix os::naked_short_sleep() in os_aix.cpp after 8028280
  • S8139258, PR2851: PPC64LE: argument passing problem when passing 15 floats in native call
  • S8139421, PR2851: PPC64LE: MacroAssembler::bxx64_patchable kill register R12

This update for java-1_8_0-openjdk to version jdk8u77-b03 fixes the following security issue:

• CVE-2016-0636: Improve MethodHandle consistency, which had allowed attackers to execute code. (bsc#972468)

The OpenJDK Java java-1_7_0-openjdk was updated to 2.6.5 to fix the following issues:

Update to 2.6.5 - OpenJDK 7u99 (bsc#972468)

• Security fixes
  • S8152335, CVE-2016-0636: Improve MethodHandle consistency
• Import of OpenJDK 7 u99 build 0
  • S6425769, PR2858: Allow specifying an address to bind JMX remote connector
  • S6961123: setWMClass fails to null-terminate WM_CLASS string
  • S8145982, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently
  • S8146015, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently for IPv6 addresses
• Backports
  • S8028727, PR2814: [parfait] warnings from b116 for jdk.src.share.native.sun.security.ec: JNI pending exceptions
  • S8048512, PR2814: Uninitialised memory in jdk/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/ECC_JNI.cpp
  • S8071705. PR2819, RH1182694: Java application menu misbehaves when running multiple screen stacked vertically
  • S8150954, PR2866, RH1176206: AWT Robot not compatible with GNOME Shell
• Bug fixes
  • PR2803: Make system CUPS optional
  • PR2886: Location of 'stap' executable is hard-coded
  • PR2893: test/tapset/jstaptest.pl should be executable
  • PR2894: Add missing test directory in make check.
• CACAO
  • PR2781, CA195: typeinfo.cpp: typeinfo_merge_nonarrays: Assertion `dest && result && x.any && y.any' failed
• AArch64 port
  • PR2852: Add support for large code cache
  • PR2852: Apply ReservedCodeCacheSize default limiting to AArch64 only.
  • S8081289, PR2852: aarch64: add support for RewriteFrequentPairs in interpreter
  • S8131483, PR2852: aarch64: illegal stlxr instructions
  • S8133352, PR2852: aarch64: generates constrained unpredictable instructions
  • S8133842, PR2852: aarch64: C2 generates illegal instructions with int shifts >=32
  • S8134322, PR2852: AArch64: Fix several errors in C2 biased locking implementation
  • S8136615, PR2852: aarch64: elide DecodeN when followed by CmpP 0
  • S8138575, PR2852: Improve generated code for profile counters
  • S8138641, PR2852: Disable C2 peephole by default for aarch64
  • S8138966, PR2852: Intermittent SEGV running ParallelGC
  • S8143067, PR2852: aarch64: guarantee failure in javac
  • S8143285, PR2852: aarch64: Missing load acquire when checking if ConstantPoolCacheEntry is resolved
  • S8143584, PR2852: Load constant pool tag and class status with load acquire
  • S8144201, PR2852: aarch64: jdk/test/com/sun/net/httpserver/Test6a.java fails with --enable-unlimited-crypto
  • S8144582, PR2852: AArch64 does not generate correct branch profile data
  • S8146709, PR2852: AArch64: Incorrect use of ADRP for byte_map_base
  • S8147805, PR2852: aarch64: C1 segmentation fault due to inline Unsafe.getAndSetObject
  • S8148240, PR2852: aarch64: random infrequent null pointer exceptions in javac
• PPC & AIX port
  • S8034797, PR2851: AIX: Fix os::naked_short_sleep() in os_aix.cpp after 8028280
  • S8139258, PR2851: PPC64LE: argument passing problem when passing 15 floats in native call
  • S8139421, PR2851: PPC64LE: MacroAssembler::bxx64_patchable kill register R12

Update to 2.6.5 - OpenJDK 7u99 (bsc#972468)

• Security fixes
  • S8152335, CVE-2016-0636: Improve MethodHandle consistency
• Import of OpenJDK 7 u99 build 0
  • S6425769, PR2858: Allow specifying an address to bind JMX remote connector
  • S6961123: setWMClass fails to null-terminate WM_CLASS string
  • S8145982, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently
  • S8146015, PR2858: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently for IPv6 addresses
• Backports
  • S8028727, PR2814: [parfait] warnings from b116 for jdk.src.share.native.sun.security.ec: JNI pending exceptions
  • S8048512, PR2814: Uninitialised memory in jdk/src/share/native/sun/security/ec/ECC_JNI.cpp
  • S8071705. PR2819, RH1182694: Java application menu misbehaves when running multiple screen stacked vertically
  • S8150954, PR2866, RH1176206: AWT Robot…

A vulnerability was discovered in the JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity, and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service, expose sensitive data over the network, or possibly execute arbitrary code.