[USN-2388-2] OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Jamie Strandboge jamie at canonical.com
Thu Oct 23 20:13:01 UTC 2014


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2388-2
October 23, 2014

openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Software Description:
- openjdk-7: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

USN-2388-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This
update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.10.

Original advisory details:

 A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
 disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose
 sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-6457)

 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
 integrity. (CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6527,
 CVE-2014-6558)

 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
 information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive
 data over the network. (CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6517,
 CVE-2014-6531)

 Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
 information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could
 exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over
 the network. (CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6513)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java
applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

This update contains known regressions in the JamVM alternative Java
Virtual Machine and a future update will correct these issues. See
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1382205 for details. We apologize for the
inconvenience.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2388-2
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2388-1
  CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6506,
  CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6513, CVE-2014-6517,
  CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6558

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1




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