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Ubuntu 25.10 OpenJDK Critical Security Risks USN-7900-1 CVE-2025-53057

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Calendar Grey December 2, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical security issues addressed in Ubuntu updates for CRaC JDK 17 with risks of data modification and leaks.
Several security issues were fixed in CRaC JDK 17.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 Summary: Several security issues were fixed in CRaC JDK 17. Software Description: - openjdk-17-crac: Open Source Java implementation with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoints Details: Jinfeng Guo discovered that the Security component of CRaC JDK 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 CRaC JDK 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: https://openjdk.org/groups/...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 openjdk-17-crac-jdk 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.10 openjdk-17-crac-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.10 openjdk-17-crac-jre 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.10 openjdk-17-crac-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.10 openjdk-17-crac-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.10 Ubuntu 25.04 openjdk-17-crac-jdk 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.04 openjdk-17-crac-jdk-headless 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.04 openjdk-17-crac-jre 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.04 openjdk-17-crac-jre-headless 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.04 openjdk-17-crac-jre-zero 17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.04 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-7900-1

CVE-2025-53057, CVE-2025-53066

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17-crac/17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.10 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-17-crac/17.0.17+10-0ubuntu1~25.04

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