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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6661-1: OpenJDK 17 Moderate Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A series of vulnerability patches were deployed for OpenJDK 17 on various Ubuntu distributions on March 1, 2024.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 17.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 17. Software Description: - openjdk-17: Open Source Java implementation Details: Yi Yang discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 17 incorrectly handled array accesses in the C1 compiler. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code or bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2024-20918) It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 17 did not properly verify bytecode in certain situations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2024-20919) It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 17 had an optimization flaw when generating range check loop predicates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cau...

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Ubuntu Denial of Service OpenJDK Java sandbox

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.10+7-1~23.10.1 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.10+7-1~23.10.1 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.10+7-1~23.10.1 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.10+7-1~23.10.1 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.10+7-1~23.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.10+7-1~22.04.1 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.10+7-1~22.04.1 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.10+7-1~22.04.1 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.10+7-1~22.04.1 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.10+7-1~22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.10+7-1~18.04.1 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.10+7-1~18.04.1 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.10+7-1~18.04.1 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.10+7-1~18.04.1 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.10+7-1~18.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java applications to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6661-1

CVE-2024-20918, CVE-2024-20919, CVE-2024-20921, CVE-2024-20932,

CVE-2024-20945, CVE-2024-20952

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6661-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Ubuntu Denial of Service OpenJDK Java sandbox

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.10+7-1~22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1

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