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

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June 6, 2024

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.

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-2024-21085)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly

handled array accesses in the C2 compiler. An attacker could possibly use

this issue to cause a d...

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Topics Covered

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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.