CVE-2013-2470

Published: 18 June 2013

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, 6 Update 45 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 45 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue allows remote attackers to bypass the Java sandbox via vectors related to "ImagingLib byte lookup processing."

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-2013-2470
• 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