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USN-2386-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

17 October 2014

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.

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Releases

Packages

  • openjdk-6 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to expose
sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2014-6457)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6558)

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-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6517,
CVE-2014-6531)

Two 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-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6513)

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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.

This update contains known regressions in the community supported JamVM
alternative Java Virtual Machine and a future update will correct these
issues. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/1382205 for details. We apologize
for the inconvenience.

Related notices

  • USN-2388-1: openjdk-7-jdk, openjdk-7-source, openjdk-7-doc, openjdk-7, openjdk-7-jre, icedtea-7-jre-jamvm, openjdk-7-jre-headless, openjdk-7-jre-zero, openjdk-7-jre-lib, openjdk-7-demo
  • USN-2388-2: openjdk-7, openjdk-7-jre, icedtea-7-jre-jamvm, openjdk-7-jre-headless, openjdk-7-jre-zero, openjdk-7-jre-lib