1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-971-1

USN-971-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 August 2010

Overview

Exposed arbitrary file contents to remote systems.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that the IcedTea plugin did not correctly check certain
accesses. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a
specially crafted Java applet, a remote attacker could read arbitrary
files with user privileges, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2010-2548,
CVE-2010-2783)

It was discovered that the IcedTea plugin did not correctly check certain
accesses. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a
specially crafted Java applet, a remote attacker could read arbitrary
files with user privileges, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2010-2548,
CVE-2010-2783)

Update instructions

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
9.10 karmic icedtea6-plugin –  6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1~9.10.1
9.04 jaunty icedtea6-plugin –  6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1~9.04.1
10.04 lucid icedtea6-plugin –  6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1

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