[Trisquel-security] [USN-2187-1] OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

[Jamie Strandboge]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2187-1
April 30, 2014

openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
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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 versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre                   7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-headless          7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-lib               7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre                   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-lib               7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  icedtea-7-jre-cacao             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  icedtea-7-jre-jamvm             7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre                   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-lib               7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
  openjdk-7-jre-zero              7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

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-2187-1
  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,
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1283828

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1




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