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Debian: DSA-4045-1 High: OpenJDK 8 Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2014
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Important security notice for Debian's OpenJDK highlighting several vulnerabilities. Immediate upgrade is advised.
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, breakouts of the Java sandbox,...
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Summary

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an
implementation of the Oracle Java platform, resulting in the execution
of arbitrary code, breakouts of the Java sandbox, information disclosure
or denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
in version 6b31-1.13.3-1~deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 6b31-1.13.3-1~deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 6b31-1.13.3-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 6b31-1.13.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openjdk-6 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: openjdk-6
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0429 CVE-2014-0446 CVE-2014-0451 CVE-2014-0452

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