USN-2187-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2187-1

30th April, 2014

openjdk-7 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 13.10


• Ubuntu 12.10

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Software description

• openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to

information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could

exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over

the network. (CVE-2014-0429, CVE-2014-0446, CVE-2014-0451, CVE-2014-0452,

CVE-2014-0454, CVE-2014-0455, CVE-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458,

CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2402, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2414,

CVE-2014-2421, CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to

information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit these

to expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0460)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability.

An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2014-0459)

Jakub Wilk discovered that the OpenJDK JRE incorrectly handled temporary

files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite

arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be

prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2014-1876)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data

integrity. (CVE-2014-2398, CVE-2014-2413)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information

disclosure. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data over

the network. (CVE-2014-2403)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

openjdk-7-jre 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu 13.10:

openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

openjdk-7-jre 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.10:

openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

icedtea-7-jre-cacao 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

openjdk-7-jre 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug

fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java

applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2014-0429, CVE-2014-0446, CVE-2014-0451, CVE-2014-0452, CVE-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0454, CVE-2014-0455, CVE-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458, CVE-2014-0459, CVE-2014-0460, CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-1876, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2398, CVE-2014-2402, CVE-2014-2403, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2413, CVE-2014-2414, CVE-2014-2421, CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427, LP: 1283828

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