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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2033-1 Severe OpenJDK 6 Issues Detected

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2013
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Several issues fixed in OpenJDK 6 affecting Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 LTS systems. Learn about the security updates here.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Software Description:

- 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 expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2013-3829, CVE-2013-5783,

CVE-2013-5804)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to

availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2013-4002, CVE-2013-5803, CVE-2013-5823, CVE-2013-5825)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data

integrity. (CVE-2013-5772, CVE-2013-5774, CVE-2013-5784, CVE-2013-5797,

CVE-2013-5820)

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-2013-5778, CVE-2013-5780, CVE-2013-5790,

CVE-2013-5840, CVE-2013...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service network security information disclosure data integrity ubuntu openjdk

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.4

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.4
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.4

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-2033-1

CVE-2013-3829, CVE-2013-4002, CVE-2013-5772, CVE-2013-5774,

CVE-2013-5778, CVE-2013-5780, CVE-2013-5782, CVE-2013-5783,

CVE-2013-5784, CVE-2013-5790, CVE-2013-5797, CVE-2013-5802,

CVE-2013-5803, CVE-2013-5804, CVE-2013-5809, CVE-2013-5814,

CVE-2013-5817, CVE-2013-5820, CVE-2013-5823, CVE-2013-5825,

CVE-2013-5829, CVE-2013-5830, CVE-2013-5840, CVE-2013-5842,

CVE-2013-5849, CVE-2013-5850, CVE-2013-5851

Severity
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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2033-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service network security information disclosure data integrity ubuntu openjdk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.4

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