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Ubuntu 12.10: USN-1693-1 Critical: OpenJDK 7 Code Execution

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Ubuntu 12.10 is susceptible to vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7 that may enable arbitrary code execution. Ensure your system is up to date for better security.
OpenJDK 7 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted Java applet.

Summary

OpenJDK 7 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted Java applet.

Software Description:

- openjdk-7: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

It was discovered that OpenJDK 7's security mechanism could be bypassed via

Java applets. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, a

remote attacker could exploit this to perform arbitrary code execution as

the user invoking the program.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-cacao             7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your browser to make all
the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1693-1

CVE-2012-3174, CVE-2013-0422

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update code execution ubuntu openjdk java applet

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1

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