RHSA-2016:0512 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update
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Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · March 25, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Topic
An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The java-1.7.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 7 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 7 Java Software Development Kit for compiling and executing Java programs.
Security Fix(es):
- An improper type safety check was discovered in the Hotspot component. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java Sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-0636)