Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.
Ben Murphy discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-0401)
7 May 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6.
Ben Murphy discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-0401)
James Forshaw discovered a vulnerability in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-1488)
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-2013-1518, CVE-2013-1537, CVE-2013-1557, CVE-2013-1558, CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2383, CVE-2013-2384, CVE-2013-2420, CVE-2013-2421, CVE-2013-2422, CVE-2013-2426, CVE-2013-2429, CVE-2013-2430, CVE-2013-2431, CVE-2013-2436)
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to confidentiality. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive data over the network. (CVE-2013-2415, CVE-2013-2424)
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-2417, CVE-2013-2419)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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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