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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2386-1 Critical: OpenJDK 6 Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey October 17, 2014
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Important security advisory for OpenJDK 11 on Ubuntu. Multiple vulnerabilities detected; users must update to protect their systems against exploits
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:

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information

disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose

sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-6457)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data

integrity. (CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6558)

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-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6517,

CVE-2014-6531)

Two 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-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6513)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04

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.

This update contains known regressions in the community supported JamVM
alternative Java Virtual Machine and a future update will correct these
issues. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/1382205 for details. We apologize
for the inconvenience.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2386-1

CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6506,

CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6517, CVE-2014-6519,

CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6558, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/1382205

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2386-1

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04

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