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Ubuntu 25.10: OpenJDK 17 Critical Security Flaws USN-7883-1

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical security flaws present in OpenJDK 17 affect multiple Ubuntu versions; updates are necessary to protect user data.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 17.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 17. Software Description: - openjdk-17: Open Source Java implementation Details: Jinfeng Guo discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 17 did not correctly handle certain representations of encoded strings. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify files or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53057) Darius Bohni discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 17 was vulnerable to a XML External Entity (XEE) attack. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify files or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53066) In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the following for more information: ...

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security advisory information leak critical remote access Ubuntu openjdk

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.17+10-1~25.10 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-1~25.10 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.17+10-1~25.10 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-1~25.10 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-1~25.10 Ubuntu 25.04 openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.17+10-1~25.04 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-1~25.04 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.17+10-1~25.04 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-1~25.04 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-1~25.04 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.17+10-1~24.04 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-1~24.04 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.17+10-1~24.04 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-1~24.04 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-1~24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.17+10-1~22.04 openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-1~22.04 openjdk-17-jre 17.0.17+10-1~22.04 openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-1~22.04 openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-1~22.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.17+10-1~20.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-1~20.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jre 17.0.17+10-1~20.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-1~20.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-1~20.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS openjdk-17-jdk 17.0.17+10-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jre 17.0.17+10-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-1~18.04 Available with Ubuntu Pro openjdk-17-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-1~18.04 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.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7883-1

CVE-2025-53057, CVE-2025-53066

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7883-1

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.17+10-1~25.10 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.17+10-1~25.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.17+10-1~24.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17/17.0.17+10-1~22.04

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