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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

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 possibly use this issue

to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code or bypass Java

sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2024-21140)

Yakov Shafranovich discovered t...

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Topics Covered

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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Topics Covered

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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