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[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx>]

Package: openjdk-7-jre-headless
Version: 7u85-2.6.1-5~deb8u1
Severity: normal
Tags: security

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stable-security update from 7u79-2.5.6-1~deb8u1 to 7u85-2.6.1-5~deb8u1
introduces a new dependency on libsctp1.  This makes most automatic
stable update schemes fail, requiring manual admin intervention to
install the security update.

This is a security problem because it leaves systems trusting auto-
update shemes vulnerable until the administrator notices the update
failure.  This is made worse by the fact that the new dependency is
undocumented both in the changelog and in the security announcement.

This is not the first time this package has been affected such
problems.  See also the yet unreplied bug #780665

I ask that unnecessary depencies are avoided in future security
updates.  Failing that, I ask that the security team take the
necessary precautions, warning adminstrators about the possible
manual upgrade required.

Thanks

Bjørn

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-rc7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages openjdk-7-jre-headless depends on:
ii  ca-certificates-java  20140324
ii  java-common           0.52
ii  libc6                 2.19-18+deb8u1
ii  libcups2              1.7.5-11+deb8u1
ii  libfontconfig1        2.11.0-6.3
ii  libfreetype6          2.5.2-3+deb8u1
ii  libgcc1               1:4.9.2-10
ii  libglib2.0-0          2.42.1-1
ii  libjpeg62-turbo       1:1.3.1-12
ii  libkrb5-3             1.12.1+dfsg-19
ii  liblcms2-2            2.6-3+b3
ii  libnss3               2:3.17.2-1.1+deb8u2
ii  libpcsclite1          1.8.13-1
ii  libpulse0             5.0-13
ii  libsctp1              1.0.16+dfsg-2
ii  libstdc++6            4.9.2-10
ii  multiarch-support     2.19-18+deb8u1
ii  tzdata-java           2015f-0+deb8u1
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

openjdk-7-jre-headless recommends no packages.

Versions of packages openjdk-7-jre-headless suggests:
ii  fonts-dejavu-extra                 2.34-1
pn  fonts-indic                        <none>
pn  fonts-ipafont-gothic               <none>
pn  fonts-ipafont-mincho               <none>
pn  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm                <none>
pn  libnss-mdns                        <none>
pn  sun-java6-fonts                    <none>
pn  ttf-wqy-microhei | ttf-wqy-zenhei  <none>

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