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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS High Severity: USN-2187-1 OpenJDK 7 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2014
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Keep your Ubuntu systems secure by promptly addressing OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities. Follow our update guide to safeguard against potential threats and issues.
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, data integrity and availability. An attacker could

exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over

the network. (CVE-2014-0429, CVE-2014-0446, CVE-2014-0451, CVE-2014-0452,

CVE-2014-0454, CVE-2014-0455, CVE-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458,

CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2402, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2414,

CVE-2014-2421, CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427)

Two 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-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0460)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability.

An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-cacao             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

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-2187-1

CVE-2014-0429, CVE-2014-0446, CVE-2014-0451, CVE-2014-0452,

CVE-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0454, CVE-2014-0455, CVE-2014-0456,

CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458, CVE-2014-0459, CVE-2014-0460,

CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-1876, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2398,

CVE-2014-2402, CVE-2014-2403, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2413,

CVE-2014-2414, CVE-2014-2421, CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427,

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/1283828

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security advisory denial of service high severity information disclosure ubuntu openjdk 7

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

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