RHSA-2016:0513 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update

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Severity

Critical

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · March 25, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Topic

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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-1.8.0-openjdk packages contain the latest version of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK), OpenJDK 8. These packages provide a fully compliant implementation of Java SE 8.

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)

Related CVEs

CVE-2016-0636 ↗