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Gentoo: GLSA 201507-14 High: Oracle JRE/JDK Local & Remote Threats

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202305-07 addresses vulnerabilities in the Oracle JRE/JDK that could potentially put systems at risk of exploitation.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oracle JRE/JDK, allowing both local and remote attackers to compromise various Java components.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle JRE/JDK. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote access high local access java oracle jdk

Resolution

All Oracle JRE 8 users should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.31 All Oracle JDK 8 users should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.31
All Oracle JRE 7 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.7.0.76
All Oracle JDK 7 users should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin-1.7.0.76

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3566 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3566 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-6549 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6549 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-6585 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6585 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-6587 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6587 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-6591 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6591 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-6593 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6593 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-6601 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6601 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-0383 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0383 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-0395 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0395 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-0400 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0400 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-0403 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0403 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-0406 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0406 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-0407 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 10, 2015
Bugs: #537214
ID: 201507-14

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oracle JRE/JDK, allowing both local and remote attackers to compromise various Java components.

Background

Oracle’s Java SE Development Kit and Runtime Environment

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/oracle-jre-bin < 1.8.0.31 >= 1.8.0.31 < 1.7.0.76 >= 1.7.0.76 2 dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin < 1.8.0.31 >= 1.8.0.31 < 1.7.0.76 >= 1.7.0.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== An context-dependent attacker may be able to influence the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Java applications/runtime.

Workaround

There is no workaround at this time.

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