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title: "CVE-2012-0504\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-0504

Publication date 15 February 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component
in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, and 6 Update 30 and earlier,
allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and
availability via unknown vectors related to Install and the Java Update
mechanism.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0504?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icedtea-web | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| openjdk-6 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| openjdk-6b18 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| openjdk-7 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

in natty+, NetX and the plugin moved to the icedtea-web package

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

not included in upstream icedtea 6 notes, so assumed to
affect sun-jav6 only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0504)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0504)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0504)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0504)

### Other references

* <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-February/017249.html>
* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2012-366318.html#AppendixJAVA>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0504>
