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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-530-1 java-common -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

26 Jun 2016

Affected Packages:

java-common

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

No other external database security references currently available.

More information:

As previously announced [1][2], the default Java implementation has been switched from OpenJDK 6 to OpenJDK 7. We strongly recommend to remove the unsupported OpenJDK 6 packages which will receive no further security updates.

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/05/msg00007.html [2] https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160425

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 0.47+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your java-common packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS