Ubuntu 24.10 USN-7096-2 moderate: OpenJDK 8 regressions

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February 5, 2025

USN-7096-1 caused some minor regressions in OpenJDK 8.

Summary

USN-7096-1 caused some minor regressions in OpenJDK 8.

Software Description:

- openjdk-8: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

USN-7096-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 8. The update introduced

several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory 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 deseriali...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu regressions OpenJDK

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.10

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   openjdk-8-jdk                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~16.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jdk-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~16.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre                   8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~16.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-headless          8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~16.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-jamvm             8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~16.04
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-8-jre-zero              8u442-b06~us1-0ubuntu1~16.04
                                   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 Java
applications to make all the necessary changes.