USN-2191-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2191-1

1st May, 2014

openjdk-6 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Software description

• openjdk-6 - 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-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458, CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-0462,

CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2405, 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)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data

integrity. (CVE-2014-2398)

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 12.04 LTS:

icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2

icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2

openjdk-6-jre 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2

openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2

openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2

openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.12.04.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1

openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1

icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1

openjdk-6-jre 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1

openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b31-1.13.3-1ubuntu1~0.10.04.1

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-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458, CVE-2014-0459, CVE-2014-0460, CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-0462, CVE-2014-1876, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2398, CVE-2014-2403, CVE-2014-2405, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2414, CVE-2014-2421, CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427

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