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Ubuntu 12.10: USN-1724-1 Critical: OpenJDK Data Leaks Found

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Calendar Grey February 14, 2013
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Multiple flaws in OpenJDK on Ubuntu have led to critical consequences. Guidance for updates provided for impacted versions.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK.

Software Description:

- openjdk-7: Open Source Java implementation

- openjdk-6: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to

information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit these

to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1541, CVE-2012-3342, CVE-2013-0351,

CVE-2013-0419, CVE-2013-0423, CVE-2013-0446, CVE-2012-3213, CVE-2013-0425,

CVE-2013-0426, CVE-2013-0428, CVE-2013-0429, CVE-2013-0430, CVE-2013-0441,

CVE-2013-0442, CVE-2013-0445, CVE-2013-0450, CVE-2013-1475, CVE-2013-1476,

CVE-2013-1478, CVE-2013-1480)

Vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information

disclosure. (CVE-2013-0409, CVE-2013-0434, CVE-2013-0438)

Several data integrity vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE.

(CVE-2013-0424, CVE-2013-0427, CVE-2013-0433, CVE-2013-1473)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu information disclosure data integrity OpenJDK

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2

Ubuntu 11.10:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.10.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.10.04.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1724-1

CVE-2012-1541, CVE-2012-3213, CVE-2012-3342, CVE-2013-0351,

CVE-2013-0409, CVE-2013-0419, CVE-2013-0423, CVE-2013-0424,

CVE-2013-0425, CVE-2013-0426, CVE-2013-0427, CVE-2013-0428,

CVE-2013-0429, CVE-2013-0430, CVE-2013-0432, CVE-2013-0433,

CVE-2013-0434, CVE-2013-0435, CVE-2013-0438, CVE-2013-0440,

CVE-2013-0441, CVE-2013-0442, CVE-2013-0443, CVE-2013-0444,

CVE-2013-0445, CVE-2013-0446, CVE-2013-0448, CVE-2013-0449,

CVE-2013-0450, CVE-2013-1473, CVE-2013-1475, CVE-2013-1476,

CVE-2013-1478, CVE-2013-1480, CVE-2013-1481

Severity
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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1724-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu information disclosure data integrity OpenJDK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.10.04.2

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