USN-6263-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

1 August 2023

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK.

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Motoyasu Saburi discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled special
characters in file name parameters. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information. This issue
only affected OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17. (CVE-2023-22006)

Eirik Bjørsnøs discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled certain ZIP
archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17.
(CVE-2023-22036)

David Stancu discovered that OpenJDK had a flaw in the AES cipher
implementation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. This issue only affected OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17.
(CVE-2023-22041)

Zhiqiang Zang discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled array accesses
when using the binary '%' operator. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected OpenJDK 17.
(CVE-2023-22044)

Zhiqiang Zang discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled array accesses.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2023-22045)

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly sanitized URIs strings. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2023-22049)

It was discovered that OpenJDK incorrectly handled certain glyphs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected OpenJDK 11 and OpenJDK 17.
(CVE-2023-25193)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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.

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