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Ubuntu 12.04/10.04 LTS: USN-2191-1 Moderate: OpenJDK 6 Denial of Service

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Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2191-1
May 01, 2014

openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

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, 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-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458, CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-0462,
CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2405, 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-2014-0459)

Jakub Wilk discovered that the OpenJDK JRE incorrectly handled temporary
files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite
arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be
prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2014-1876)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2014-2398)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2014-2403)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1

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-2191-1
  CVE-2014-0429, CVE-2014-0446, CVE-2014-0451, CVE-2014-0452,
  CVE-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458,
  CVE-2014-0459, CVE-2014-0460, CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-0462,
  CVE-2014-1876, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2398, CVE-2014-2403,
  CVE-2014-2405, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2414, CVE-2014-2421,
  CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1




Ubuntu 12.04/10.04 LTS: USN-2191-1 Moderate: OpenJDK 6 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 1, 2014
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-2312-1 addresses various vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7, providing crucial updates for versions 14.04 and 16.04.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 openjdk-6-jre 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1 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-2191-1

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

CVE-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458,

CVE-2014-0459, CVE-2014-0460, CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-0462,

CVE-2014-1876, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2398, CVE-2014-2403,

CVE-2014-2405, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2414, CVE-2014-2421,

CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2191-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1

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