openjdk-7 update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-2483   CVE-2014-2490   CVE-2014-4216   CVE-2014-4219   CVE-2014-4223   CVE-2014-4262   CVE-2014-4209   CVE-2014-4244   CVE-2014-4263   CVE-2014-4218   CVE-2014-4266   CVE-2014-4264   CVE-2014-4221   CVE-2014-4252   CVE-2014-4268  

This update provides stability updates for OpenJDK 7.

USN-2319-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7. This update provides stability fixes for the arm64 and ppc64el architectures.

17 September 2014

openjdk-7 update

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

This update provides stability updates for OpenJDK 7.

Software Description

  • openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

USN-2319-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7. This update provides stability fixes for the arm64 and ppc64el architectures.

Original advisory details:

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-2014-2483, CVE-2014-2490, CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4219, CVE-2014-4223, CVE-2014-4262)

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-2014-4209, CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4263)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data integrity. (CVE-2014-4218, CVE-2014-4266)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-4264)

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-2014-4221, CVE-2014-4252, CVE-2014-4268)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
openjdk-7-jre - 7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04
openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04

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.

References