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Ubuntu 24.04: USN-6810-1 Critical: OpenJDK 8 DoS Threats

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Calendar Grey June 6, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 8 impact Ubuntu versions 18.04 to 24.04. Update steps provided.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8. Software Description: - openjdk-8: Open Source Java implementation Details: It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly handled certain exceptions with specially crafted long messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21011) Vladimir Kondratyev discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly handled address offset calculations in the C1 compiler. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-21068) Yakov Shafranovich discovered that OpenJDK 8 did not properly manage memory in the Pack200 archive format. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u412-ga-1~24.04.2 openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u412-ga-1~24.04.2 openjdk-8-jre 8u412-ga-1~24.04.2 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u412-ga-1~24.04.2 openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u412-ga-1~24.04.2 Ubuntu 23.10 openjdk-8-jdk 8u412-ga-1~23.10.1 openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u412-ga-1~23.10.1 openjdk-8-jre 8u412-ga-1~23.10.1 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u412-ga-1~23.10.1 openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u412-ga-1~23.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u412-ga-1~22.04.1 openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u412-ga-1~22.04.1 openjdk-8-jre 8u412-ga-1~22.04.1 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u412-ga-1~22.04.1 openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u412-ga-1~22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u412-ga-1~20.04.1 openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u412-ga-1~20.04.1 openjdk-8-jre 8u412-ga-1~20.04.1 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u412-ga-1~20.04.1 openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u412-ga-1~20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u412-ga-1~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u412-ga-1~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jre 8u412-ga-1~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u412-ga-1~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u412-ga-1~18.04.1 Available with Ubuntu Pro 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-6810-1

CVE-2024-21011, CVE-2024-21068, CVE-2024-21085, CVE-2024-21094

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~24.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~23.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u412-ga-1~20.04.1

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