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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

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/vulnerability/advisories/2025-10-21

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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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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7900-1

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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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