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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS & 10.04 LTS USN-2486-1 Critical OpenJDK 6 Threats

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2486-1
January 27, 2015

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-2014-3566, CVE-2014-6587, CVE-2014-6601, CVE-2015-0395,
CVE-2015-0408, CVE-2015-0412)

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-2014-6585, CVE-2014-6591, CVE-2015-0400,
CVE-2015-0407)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and integrity. An attacker could exploit this to
expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-6593)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to integrity and
availability. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2015-0383)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability.
An attacker could this exploit to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2015-0410)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  icedtea-6-jre-jamvm             6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  icedtea-6-jre-cacao             6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre                   6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-headless          6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-lib               6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
  openjdk-6-jre-zero              6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1

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-2486-1
  CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-6585, CVE-2014-6587, CVE-2014-6591,
  CVE-2014-6593, CVE-2014-6601, CVE-2015-0383, CVE-2015-0395,
  CVE-2015-0400, CVE-2015-0407, CVE-2015-0408, CVE-2015-0410,
  CVE-2015-0412

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1




Ubuntu 12.04 LTS & 10.04 LTS USN-2486-1 Critical OpenJDK 6 Threats

ubuntu
Calendar Grey January 27, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities present in OpenJDK 6 necessitate urgent patching for Ubuntu 12.04 and 10.04 to maintain data integrity.
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 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 openjdk-6-jre 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 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-2486-1

CVE-2014-3566, CVE-2014-6585, CVE-2014-6587, CVE-2014-6591,

CVE-2014-6593, CVE-2014-6601, CVE-2015-0383, CVE-2015-0395,

CVE-2015-0400, CVE-2015-0407, CVE-2015-0408, CVE-2015-0410,

CVE-2015-0412

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2486-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.10.04.1

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