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[USN-1735-1] OpenJDK vulnerabilities

Posted on 22 February 2013
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1735-1
February 21, 2013

openjdk-6, openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK.

Software Description:
- openjdk-7: Open Source Java implementation
- openjdk-6: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson discovered that the TLS protocol as us=
ed
in OpenSSL was vulnerable to a timing side-channel attack known as the
"Lucky Thirteen" issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform=

plaintext-recovery attacks via analysis of timing data. (CVE-2013-0169)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-1484)=


A data integrity vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-1485)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit thes=
e
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1486, CVE-2013-1487)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
icedtea-7-jre-cacao 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
openjdk-7-jre 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
openjdk-6-jre 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04

Ubuntu 11.10:
icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
openjdk-6-jre 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
openjdk-6-jre 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04

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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1735-1
CVE-2013-0169, CVE-2013-1484, CVE-2013-1485, CVE-2013-1486,
CVE-2013-1487

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.1=
0
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.=
04
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.=
10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.=
04





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