1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2388-2

USN-2388-2: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 October 2014

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Releases

Packages

  • openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

USN-2388-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This
update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.10.

Original advisory details:

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose
sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-6457)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6527,
CVE-2014-6558)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive
data over the network. (

USN-2388-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This
update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.10.

Original advisory details:

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose
sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-6457)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6527,
CVE-2014-6558)

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-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6517,
CVE-2014-6531)

Two 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-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6513)

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. This update contains known regressions in the JamVM alternative Java Virtual Machine and a future update will correct these issues. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1382205 for details. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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
14.10 utopic openjdk-7-jre-lib –  7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
openjdk-7-jre-zero –  7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm –  7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
openjdk-7-jre-headless –  7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
openjdk-7-jre –  7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1

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