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USN-6811-1: OpenJDK 11 vulnerabilities

6 June 2024

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 11.

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It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 11 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)

It was discovered that OpenJDK 11 incorrectly performed reverse DNS
query under certain circumstances in the Networking/HTTP client
component. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2024-21012)

Vladimir Kondratyev discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 11
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 11 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 11 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)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java
applications to make all the necessary changes.

Related notices

  • USN-6810-1: openjdk-8-jre-headless, openjdk-8-source, openjdk-8-doc, openjdk-8-jre, openjdk-8-jdk, openjdk-8-demo, openjdk-8-jdk-headless, openjdk-8-jre-zero, openjdk-8
  • USN-6812-1: openjdk-17-source, openjdk-17-jre-headless, openjdk-17-jre, openjdk-17-doc, openjdk-17-jdk-headless, openjdk-17-jre-zero, openjdk-17-jdk, openjdk-17, openjdk-17-demo
  • USN-6813-1: openjdk-21-jre, openjdk-21-demo, openjdk-21-jdk-headless, openjdk-21, openjdk-21-testsupport, openjdk-21-jre-zero, openjdk-21-doc, openjdk-21-source, openjdk-21-jdk, openjdk-21-jre-headless