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[USN-1806-1] OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Posted on 23 April 2013
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1806-1
April 23, 2013

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

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

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

Details:

Ben Murphy discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this=

to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-0401)

James Forshaw discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker coul=
d
exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-1488)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker coul=
d
exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2013-1518, CVE-2013-1537, CVE-2013-1557, CVE-2013-1569,=

CVE-2013-2383, CVE-2013-2384, CVE-2013-2420, CVE-2013-2421, CVE-2013-2422=
,
CVE-2013-2426, CVE-2013-2429, CVE-2013-2430, CVE-2013-2431, CVE-2013-2436=
)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
confidentiality. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive data=

over the network. (CVE-2013-2415, CVE-2013-2424)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of servic=
e.
(CVE-2013-2417, CVE-2013-2419)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2013-2423)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre 7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-zero 7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

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-1806-1
CVE-2013-0401, CVE-2013-1488, CVE-2013-1518, CVE-2013-1537,
CVE-2013-1557, CVE-2013-1558, CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2383,
CVE-2013-2384, CVE-2013-2415, CVE-2013-2417, CVE-2013-2419,
CVE-2013-2420, CVE-2013-2421, CVE-2013-2422, CVE-2013-2423,
CVE-2013-2424, CVE-2013-2426, CVE-2013-2429, CVE-2013-2430,
CVE-2013-2431, CVE-2013-2436

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.1=
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