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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7339-1 critical: openjdk-21-crac DoS and info exposure

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent security patches for CRaC JDK 21 on Ubuntu addressed vulnerabilities that might result in service disruptions and unauthorized data access.
Several security issues were fixed in CRaC JDK 21.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 Summary: Several security issues were fixed in CRaC JDK 21. Software Description: - openjdk-21-crac: Open Source Java implementation with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoints Details: Andy Boothe discovered that the Networking component of CRaC JDK 21 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 CRaC JDK 21 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 CRaC JDK 21 did not properly handle deserialization under certain circumstances. An unauthenticated attacker could poss...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10   openjdk-21-crac-jdk             21.0.6+7-0ubuntu1~24.10   openjdk-21-crac-jdk-headless    21.0.6+7-0ubuntu1~24.10   openjdk-21-crac-jre             21.0.6+7-0ubuntu1~24.10   openjdk-21-crac-jre-headless    21.0.6+7-0ubuntu1~24.10   openjdk-21-crac-jre-zero        21.0.6+7-0ubuntu1~24.10 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-7339-1

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

  CVE-2025-21502

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7339-1

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security advisory denial of service network security information exposure openjdk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-21-crac/21.0.6+7-0ubuntu1~24.10

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