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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2319-3 Moderate: OpenJDK 7 Stability Fix

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2014
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Explore essential enhancements for OpenJDK 7 within Ubuntu 14.04 LTS that tackle significant reliability and safety concerns.
This update provides stability updates for OpenJDK 7.

Summary

This update provides stability updates for OpenJDK 7.

Software Description:

- openjdk-7: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

USN-2319-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7. This update provides

stability fixes for the arm64 and ppc64el architectures.

Original advisory 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-2014-2483, CVE-2014-2490, CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4219,

CVE-2014-4223, CVE-2014-4262)

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-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4244,

CVE-2014-4263)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data

integrity. (CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4266)

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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             7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04

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-2319-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2319-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/+bug/1370307

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2319-3

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04

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