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USN-2033-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

21 November 2013

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

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Releases

Packages

  • openjdk-6 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

Several 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-2013-3829, CVE-2013-5783,
CVE-2013-5804)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-4002, CVE-2013-5803, CVE-2013-5823, CVE-2013-5825)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2013-5772, CVE-2013-5774, CVE-2013-5784, CVE-2013-5797,
CVE-2013-5820)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive
data over the network. (CVE-2013-5778, CVE-2013-5780, CVE-2013-5790,
CVE-2013-5840, CVE-2013-5849, CVE-2013-5851)

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-2013-5782, CVE-2013-5802, CVE-2013-5809, CVE-2013-5829,
CVE-2013-5814, CVE-2013-5817, CVE-2013-5830, CVE-2013-5842, CVE-2013-5850)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 10.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-2089-1: icedtea-7-jre-jamvm, openjdk-7-jre, icedtea-7-jre-cacao, openjdk-7, openjdk-7-jre-headless, openjdk-7-jre-lib, openjdk-7-jre-zero