1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1693-1

USN-1693-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 January 2013

Overview

OpenJDK 7 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted Java applet.

Releases

Packages

  • openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

It was discovered that OpenJDK 7’s security mechanism could be bypassed via
Java applets. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, a
remote attacker could exploit this to perform arbitrary code execution as
the user invoking the program.

It was discovered that OpenJDK 7’s security mechanism could be bypassed via
Java applets. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, a
remote attacker could exploit this to perform arbitrary code execution as
the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your browser 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 –  7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm –  7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
icedtea-7-jre-cacao –  7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-lib –  7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-headless –  7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre –  7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1

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