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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7096-1 critical: OpenJDK 8 denial of service

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2024
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Essential security patches for Ubuntu address numerous vulnerabilities detected in OpenJDK 8, impacting several long-term support (LTS) editions of Ubuntu operating systems.
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:

Andy Boothe discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 8 did not

properly handle access under certain circumstances. An unauthenticated

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2024-21208)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 did not properly

handle vectorization under certain circumstances. An unauthenticated

attacker could possibly use this issue to access unauthorized resources

and expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-21210, CVE-2024-21235)

It was discovered that the Serialization component of OpenJDK 8 did not

properly handle deserialization under certain circumstances. An

unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service. (CVE-2024-21217)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 was not properly

bounding certa...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu information exposure Java security OpenJDK

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.10
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.10
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.10
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.10
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.10

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.04
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.04
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.04
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.04
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.04

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~22.04
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~22.04
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~22.04
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~22.04
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~22.04

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~20.04
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~20.04
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~20.04
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~20.04
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~20.04

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~16.04.4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~16.04.4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~16.04.4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~16.04.4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-jamvm             8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~16.04.4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~16.04.4
                                   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 Java
applications to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7096-1

  CVE-2024-20918, CVE-2024-20919, CVE-2024-20921, CVE-2024-20926,

  CVE-2024-20945, CVE-2024-20952, CVE-2024-21011, CVE-2024-21068,

  CVE-2024-21085, CVE-2024-21094, CVE-2024-21131, CVE-2024-21138,

  CVE-2024-21140, CVE-2024-21144, CVE-2024-21145, CVE-2024-21147,

  CVE-2024-21208, CVE-2024-21210, CVE-2024-21217, CVE-2024-21235

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7096-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu information exposure Java security OpenJDK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~24.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~22.04
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/8u432-ga~us1-0ubuntu2~20.04

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