1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1619-1

USN-1619-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

Publication date

26 October 2012

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK.

Releases

Packages

Details

Several information disclosure vulnerabilities were discovered in the
OpenJDK JRE. (CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5072, CVE-2012-5075,
CVE-2012-5077, CVE-2012-5085)

Vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. (CVE-2012-4416, CVE-2012-5071)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit these
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-1532, CVE-2012-1533,

Several information disclosure vulnerabilities were discovered in the
OpenJDK JRE. (CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5072, CVE-2012-5075,
CVE-2012-5077, CVE-2012-5085)

Vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. (CVE-2012-4416, CVE-2012-5071)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit these
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-1532, CVE-2012-1533,
CVE-2012-3143, CVE-2012-3159, CVE-2012-5068, CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5084,
CVE-2012-5086, CVE-2012-5089)

Information disclosure vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE.
These issues only affected Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2012-5067, CVE-2012-5070)

Vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2012-5073, CVE-2012-5079)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10.
(CVE-2012-5074)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit these
to cause a denial of service. These issues only affected Ubuntu 12.10.
(CVE-2012-5076, CVE-2012-5087, CVE-2012-5088)

A denial of service vulnerability was found in OpenJDK. (CVE-2012-5081)

Please see the following for more information:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html

Update instructions

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.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
12.10 quantal openjdk-7-jre-zero –  7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.10.1
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm –  7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.10.1
icedtea-7-jre-cacao –  7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-lib –  7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-headless –  7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre –  7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.10.1
12.04 precise icedtea-6-jre-cacao –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-headless –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-zero –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-lib –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~12.04.1
11.10 oneiric icedtea-6-jre-cacao –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.10.1
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.10.1
openjdk-6-jre –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.10.1
openjdk-6-jre-headless –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.10.1
openjdk-6-jre-zero –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.10.1
openjdk-6-jre-lib –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.10.1
11.04 natty icedtea-6-jre-cacao –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.04.1
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.04.1
openjdk-6-jre –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-headless –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-zero –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.04.1
openjdk-6-jre-lib –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~11.04.1
10.04 lucid openjdk-6-jre-headless –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
openjdk-6-jre-lib –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
icedtea-6-jre-cacao –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
openjdk-6-jre –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2
openjdk-6-jre-zero –  6b24-1.11.5-0ubuntu1~10.04.2

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