USN-2187-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 12.10

Packages

• openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

Several 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-2014-0429, CVE-2014-0446, CVE-2014-0451, CVE-2014-0452,
CVE-2014-0454, CVE-2014-0455, CVE-2014-0456, CVE-2014-0457, CVE-2014-0458,
CVE-2014-0461, CVE-2014-2397, CVE-2014-2402, CVE-2014-2412, CVE-2014-2414,
CVE-2014-2421, CVE-2014-2423, CVE-2014-2427)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit these
to expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-0453, CVE-2014-0460)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability.
An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-0459)

Jakub Wilk discovered that the OpenJDK JRE incorrectly handled temporary
files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite
arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be
prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2014-1876)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2014-2398, CVE-2014-2413)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data over
the network. (CVE-2014-2403)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1
• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu 13.10

• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• icedtea-7-jre-cacao - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.12.10.1

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.

References

• CVE-2014-0429
• CVE-2014-0446
• CVE-2014-0451
• CVE-2014-0452
• CVE-2014-0453
• CVE-2014-0454
• CVE-2014-0455
• CVE-2014-0456
• CVE-2014-0457
• CVE-2014-0458
• CVE-2014-0459
• CVE-2014-0460
• CVE-2014-0461
• CVE-2014-1876
• CVE-2014-2397
• CVE-2014-2398
• CVE-2014-2402
• CVE-2014-2403
• CVE-2014-2412
• CVE-2014-2413
• CVE-2014-2414
• CVE-2014-2421
• CVE-2014-2423
• CVE-2014-2427
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1283828

Related notices

• USN-2191-1: openjdk-6-jre, icedtea-6-jre-jamvm, openjdk-6-jre-headless, openjdk-6, icedtea-6-jre-cacao, openjdk-6-jre-zero, openjdk-6-jre-lib