Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openjdk-8  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-OPENJDK8-604796
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed25 Jul 2017

Introduced: 25 Jul 2017

CVE-2015-3149  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjdk-8 package and not the openjdk-8 package as distributed by Debian.

The Hotspot component in OpenJDK8 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.