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Ubuntu 14.10 & 14.04 LTS: 2574-1 Critical OpenJDK 7 DoS Issues

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Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2574-1
April 21, 2015

openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Software Description:
- openjdk-7: 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-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469)

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that OpenJDK JRE was vulnerable to
directory traversal issues with respect to handling jar files. An
attacker could use this to expose sensitive data. (CVE-2015-0480)

Florian Weimer discovered that the RSA implementation in the JCE
component in OpenJDK JRE did not follow recommended practices for
implementing RSA signatures. An attacker could use this to expose
sensitive data. (CVE-2015-0478)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. An attacker could exploit this expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2015-0477)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2015-0488)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-demo                  7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-doc                   7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-jdk                   7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  openjdk-7-source                7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-demo                  7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-doc                   7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-jdk                   7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  openjdk-7-source                7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

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-2574-1
  CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469, CVE-2015-0477, CVE-2015-0478,
  CVE-2015-0480, CVE-2015-0488

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Ubuntu 14.10 & 14.04 LTS: 2574-1 Critical OpenJDK 7 DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Update for OpenJDK 7 in Ubuntu 14.10 and 14.04 LTS released to tackle several severe vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized access to confidential information.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-demo 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-doc 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-jdk 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-jre 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 openjdk-7-source 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-demo 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-doc 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-jdk 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-jre 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 openjdk-7-source 7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 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-2574-1

CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469, CVE-2015-0477, CVE-2015-0478,

CVE-2015-0480, CVE-2015-0488

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April 21, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

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