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Ubuntu 25.04: OpenJDK 17 Critical Memory Issue DoS USN-7690-1

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Significant vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 17 have been resolved with patches for Ubuntu versions 18.04 through 25.04. It's essential to keep your environments protected.
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:

It was discovered that the 2D component of OpenJDK 17 did not properly

manage memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2025-30749, CVE-2025-50106)

VMashroor Hasan Bhuiyan discovered that the JSSE component of OpenJDK 17

did not properly manage TLS 1.3 handshakes under certain circumstances.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive

information. (CVE-2025-30754)

Martin van Wingerden and Violeta Georgieva of Broadcom discovered

that the Networking component of OpenJDK 17 did not properly

manage network connections under certain circumstances. An attacker

could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

(CVE-2025-50059)

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new

features, and possibly incompat...

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Ubuntu memory management TLS openjdk

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 25.04
  openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~25.04.1
  openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~25.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~25.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~25.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~25.04.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~24.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04.6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04.6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04.6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04.6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~20.04.6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  openjdk-17-jdk                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jdk-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jre                  17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jre-headless         17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  openjdk-17-jre-zero             17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
                                  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-7690-1

CVE-2025-30749, CVE-2025-30754, CVE-2025-50059, CVE-2025-50106

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Ubuntu memory management TLS openjdk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.16+8~us1-0ubuntu1~25.04.1

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