USN-2319-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
20 August 2014
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.
Releases
Packages
- 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-2014-2483, CVE-2014-2490, CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4219,
CVE-2014-4223, CVE-2014-4262)
Several 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-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4244,
CVE-2014-4263)
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4266)
A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability.
An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-4264)
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive
data over the network. (CVE-2014-4221, CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4268)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
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icedtea-7-jre-jamvm
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7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.14.04.1
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openjdk-7-jre
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7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.14.04.1
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openjdk-7-jre-headless
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7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.14.04.1
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openjdk-7-jre-lib
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7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.14.04.1
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openjdk-7-jre-zero
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7u65-2.5.1-4ubuntu1~0.14.04.1
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.