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Ubuntu 14.10 USN-2388-2 Critical: OpenJDK 7 Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2014
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Essential security vulnerabilities resolved in OpenJDK 7 for Ubuntu 14.10, targeting data protection and information exposure threats.
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:

USN-2388-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This

update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.10.

Original advisory 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-2014-6527,

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 ...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1

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 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-2388-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2388-1

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

CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6513, CVE-2014-6517,

CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6558

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1

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