CVE-2013-2412

Published: 18 June 2013

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier and 6 Update 45 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to Serviceability. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to insufficient indication of an SSL connection failure by JConsole, related to RMI connection dialog box.

Notes

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

sun-java6 is not redistributable, no longer in the archive and
no longer tracked
sun-java5 is EOL upstream and no longer tracked
as of 2013-06-19, upstream IcedTea updates are not available
updates break the icedtea-web plugin and it will need this fix:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023745.html

Status

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2412
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html
• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/06/19/imminent-icedtea-web-breakage/
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1907-1
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1908-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian