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  2. USN-6810-1

USN-6810-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 June 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.

Releases

Packages

  • openjdk-8 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly
handled certain exceptions with specially crafted long messages. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-21011)

Vladimir Kondratyev discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8
incorrectly handled address offset calculations in the C1 compiler. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-21068)

Yakov Shafranovich discovered that OpenJDK 8 did not properly manage
memory in the Pack200 archive format. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21085)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly
handled array accesses in the C2 compiler. An attacker could possibly...

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly
handled certain exceptions with specially crafted long messages. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-21011)

Vladimir Kondratyev discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8
incorrectly handled address offset calculations in the C1 compiler. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-21068)

Yakov Shafranovich discovered that OpenJDK 8 did not properly manage
memory in the Pack200 archive format. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21085)

It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 8 incorrectly
handled array accesses in the C2 compiler. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-21094)

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 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
24.04 noble openjdk-8-jdk –  8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
openjdk-8-jre –  8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u412-ga-1~24.04.2
23.10 mantic openjdk-8-jdk –  8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
openjdk-8-jre –  8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u412-ga-1~23.10.1
22.04 jammy openjdk-8-jdk –  8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
openjdk-8-jre –  8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u412-ga-1~22.04.1
20.04 focal openjdk-8-jdk –  8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
openjdk-8-jre –  8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u412-ga-1~20.04.1
18.04 bionic openjdk-8-jdk –  8u412-ga-1~18.04.1  
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u412-ga-1~18.04.1  
openjdk-8-jre –  8u412-ga-1~18.04.1  
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u412-ga-1~18.04.1  
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u412-ga-1~18.04.1  

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