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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7098-1 critical: OpenJDK 17 multiple issues

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2024
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The latest OpenJDK 17 security patches addressed severe vulnerabilities, such as remote code execution and denial of service threats.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 17.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 17.

Software Description:

- openjdk-17: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

Andy Boothe discovered that the Networking component of OpenJDK 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 was not properly

bounding...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution Ubuntu software updates memory management OpenJDK

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.10
   openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.10

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.04
   openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~24.04

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~22.04
   openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~22.04

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~20.04
   openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~20.04

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~18.04.2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~18.04.2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~18.04.2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~18.04.2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~18.04.2
                                   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-7098-1

  CVE-2024-21131, CVE-2024-21138, CVE-2024-21140, 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-7098-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution Ubuntu software updates memory management OpenJDK

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~22.04
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.13+11-2ubuntu1~20.04

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