SUSE-SU-2016:0959-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0959-1

    Published: 5 Apr 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
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    Summary: Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk

    Details: 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 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: java-1_7_0-openjdk

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/java-1_7_0-openjdk&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.0.99-27.1

    Affected versions

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