Debian Security Advisory DSA 3144-1 (openjdk-7 - security update)

Summary
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, information disclosure or denial of service.
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 7u75-2.5.4-1~deb7u1. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 7u75-2.5.4-1. We recommend that you upgrade your openjdk-7 packages.
Insight
OpenJDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language.
Affected
openjdk-7 on Debian Linux
Detection
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
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