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Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.10: USN-1907-1 Moderate OpenJDK 7 Security Flaws

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2013
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Ubuntu 2104-2 resolves several vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 8 that threaten system security and user confidentiality. Immediate action recommended.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Software Description:

- openjdk-7: 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 expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2013-1500, CVE-2013-2454,

CVE-2013-2458)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK Javadoc related to data

integrity. (CVE-2013-1571)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information

disclosure and availability. An attacker could exploit this to cause a

denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network.

(CVE-2013-2407)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to

information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive

data over the network. (CVE-2013-2412, CVE-2013-2443, CVE-2013-2446,

CVE-2013-2447, CVE-2013-2449, CVE-2013-2452, CVE-2013-2456)

Several vul...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu information disclosure data integrity OpenJDK Java issues

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2
  openjdk-7-doc                   7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-cacao             7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2
  openjdk-7-doc                   7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2

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-1907-1

CVE-2013-1500, CVE-2013-1571, CVE-2013-2407, CVE-2013-2412,

CVE-2013-2443, CVE-2013-2444, CVE-2013-2445, CVE-2013-2446,

CVE-2013-2447, CVE-2013-2448, CVE-2013-2449, CVE-2013-2450,

CVE-2013-2451, CVE-2013-2452, CVE-2013-2453, CVE-2013-2454,

CVE-2013-2455, CVE-2013-2456, CVE-2013-2457, CVE-2013-2458,

CVE-2013-2459, CVE-2013-2460, CVE-2013-2461, CVE-2013-2463,

CVE-2013-2465, CVE-2013-2469, CVE-2013-2470, CVE-2013-2471,

CVE-2013-2472, CVE-2013-2473

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1907-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu information disclosure data integrity OpenJDK Java issues

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.13.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u25-2.3.10-1ubuntu0.12.10.2

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