[USN-2573-1] OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

[Steve Beattie]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2573-1
April 21, 2015

openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Software Description:
- openjdk-6: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

Several 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-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469)

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that OpenJDK JRE was vulnerable to
directory traversal issues with respect to handling jar files. An
attacker could use this to expose sensitive data. (CVE-2015-0480)

Florian Weimer discovered that the RSA implementation in the JCE
component in OpenJDK JRE did not follow recommended practices for
implementing RSA signatures. An attacker could use this to expose
sensitive data. (CVE-2015-0478)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. An attacker could exploit this expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2015-0477)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2015-0488)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-demo                  6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-doc                   6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jdk                   6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-source                6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-demo                  6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-doc                   6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jdk                   6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-source                6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2

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.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2573-1
  CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469, CVE-2015-0477, CVE-2015-0478,
  CVE-2015-0480, CVE-2015-0488

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.10.04.2

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