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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: USN-6929-1 Critical: OpenJDK 8 Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey July 31, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent security patches for OpenJDK 8 across several Ubuntu versions tackle a variety of vulnerabilities, enhancing overall system protection.
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 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 was not properly performing bounds when handling certain UTF-8 strings, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-21131) It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 could be made to run into an infinite loop. If an automated system were tricked into processing excessively large symbols, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21138) It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 did not properly perform range check elimination. An attacker could...

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security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu OpenJDK 8

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u422-b05-1~24.04 openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u422-b05-1~24.04 openjdk-8-jre 8u422-b05-1~24.04 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u422-b05-1~24.04 openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u422-b05-1~24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u422-b05-1~22.04 openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u422-b05-1~22.04 openjdk-8-jre 8u422-b05-1~22.04 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u422-b05-1~22.04 openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u422-b05-1~22.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u422-b05-1~20.04 openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u422-b05-1~20.04 openjdk-8-jre 8u422-b05-1~20.04 openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u422-b05-1~20.04 openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u422-b05-1~20.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS openjdk-8-jdk 8u422-b05-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jdk-headless 8u422-b05-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jre 8u422-b05-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jre-headless 8u422-b05-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-8-jre-zero 8u422-b05-1~18.04 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-6929-1

CVE-2024-21131, CVE-2024-21138, CVE-2024-21140, CVE-2024-21144,

CVE-2024-21145, CVE-2024-21147

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6929-1

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security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu OpenJDK 8

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u422-b05-1~24.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u422-b05-1~22.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u422-b05-1~20.04

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