USN-1735-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• openjdk-6 - Open Source Java implementation
• openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

Nadhem Alfardan and Kenny Paterson discovered that the TLS protocol as used
in OpenJDK was vulnerable to a timing side-channel attack known as the
"Lucky Thirteen" issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform
plaintext-recovery attacks via analysis of timing data. (CVE-2013-0169)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information
disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit this to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-1484)

A data integrity vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-1485)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to
information disclosure and data integrity. An attacker could exploit these
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1486, CVE-2013-1487)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10

• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
• icedtea-7-jre-cacao - 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u15-2.3.7-0ubuntu1~12.10

Ubuntu 12.04

• icedtea-6-jre-cacao - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
• icedtea-6-jre-jamvm - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
• openjdk-6-jre - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
• openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
• openjdk-6-jre-zero - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04
• openjdk-6-jre-lib - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~12.04

Ubuntu 11.10

• icedtea-6-jre-cacao - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
• icedtea-6-jre-jamvm - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
• openjdk-6-jre - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
• openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
• openjdk-6-jre-zero - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10
• openjdk-6-jre-lib - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~11.10

Ubuntu 10.04

• openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
• openjdk-6-jre-lib - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
• icedtea-6-jre-cacao - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
• openjdk-6-jre - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04
• openjdk-6-jre-zero - 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~10.04

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.

References

• CVE-2013-0169
• CVE-2013-1484
• CVE-2013-1485
• CVE-2013-1486
• CVE-2013-1487

Related notices

• USN-1732-3: openssl, libssl1.0.0
• USN-1732-1: openssl, libssl0.9.8, libssl1.0.0