What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is USN-3734-1.

What is the title of the vulnerability?

The title of the vulnerability is USN-3734-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerability.

What is the impact of this vulnerability?

The vulnerability allows an attacker to construct a class that causes a denial of service by consuming excessive memory.

Which software versions are affected?

The affected software versions are OpenJDK 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 on Ubuntu 16.04.

How can I fix this vulnerability?

To fix this vulnerability, update to OpenJDK 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 or later.

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USN-3734-1

10/8/2018

USN-3734-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerability

First published: Fri Aug 10 2018(Updated: )

It was discovered that 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).

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
All of
ubuntu/openjdk-8-jdk	<8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1	8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu	=16.04
All of
ubuntu/openjdk-8-jre	<8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1	8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu	=16.04
All of
ubuntu/openjdk-8-jre-headless	<8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1	8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu	=16.04
All of
ubuntu/openjdk-8-jre-jamvm	<8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1	8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu	=16.04

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CVE-2018-2952

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the vulnerability ID?
The vulnerability ID is USN-3734-1.
What is the title of the vulnerability?
The title of the vulnerability is USN-3734-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerability.
What is the impact of this vulnerability?
The vulnerability allows an attacker to construct a class that causes a denial of service by consuming excessive memory.
Which software versions are affected?
The affected software versions are OpenJDK 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 on Ubuntu 16.04.
How can I fix this vulnerability?
To fix this vulnerability, update to OpenJDK 8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 or later.

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