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[USN-2386-1] OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

Posted on 17 October 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2386-1
October 17, 2014

openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

Software Description:
- openjdk-6: Open Source Java implementation

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 dat=
a
integrity. (CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6558)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensiti=
ve
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 coul=
d
exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6513)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
icedtea-6-jre-jamvm 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
openjdk-6-jre 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04
openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.04

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
icedtea-6-jre-cacao 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
openjdk-6-jre 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04
openjdk-6-jre-zero 6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.04

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 community supported 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.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2386-1
CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6506,
CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6517, CVE-2014-6519,
CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6558, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1382205

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.12.=
04
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b33-1.13.5-1ubuntu0.10.=
04

 

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