[USN-6810-1] OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

[Evan Caville]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6810-1
June 06, 2024

openjdk-8 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.

Software Description:
- openjdk-8: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly
handled certain exceptions with specially crafted long messages. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-21011)

Vladimir Kondratyev discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8
incorrectly handled address offset calculations in the C1 compiler. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-21068)

Yakov Shafranovich discovered that OpenJDK 8 did not properly manage
memory in the Pack200 archive format. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21085)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly
handled array accesses in the C2 compiler. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-21094)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u412-ga-1~24.04.2

Ubuntu 23.10
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u412-ga-1~23.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u412-ga-1~22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u412-ga-1~20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u412-ga-1~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u412-ga-1~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u412-ga-1~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u412-ga-1~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u412-ga-1~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6810-1
   CVE-2024-21011, CVE-2024-21068, CVE-2024-21085, CVE-2024-21094

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~20.04.1

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