USN-3734-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerability - Publication date: 10 August 2018 - Overview: Java applications could be made to use excessive memory. - Releases: 16.04 LTS Details: - The PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK did not properly validate arguments passed to it. An attacker could use this to possibly construct a class that caused a denial of service (excessive memory consumption). Update instructions: - This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java applications or applets to make all the necessary changes. - The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: - 16.04 LTS xenial: - openjdk-8-jdk - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - openjdk-8-jre - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - openjdk-8-jre-headless - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - openjdk-8-jre-jamvm - 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 References: - CVE-2018-2952 Related notices: - USN-3747-1 - USN-3735-1