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Debian: DSA-2987-1 Critical Update for OpenJDK DoS and Code Issue

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2014
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Debian DSA-3105-2 upgrades OpenJDK to address several vulnerabilities such as remote code execution and denial of service risks.
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 stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 7u65-2.5.1-2~deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 7u65-2.5.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openjdk-7 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-7
CVE ID: CVE-2014-2483 CVE-2014-2490 CVE-2014-4209 CVE-2014-4216

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