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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS : openjdk-6 regression (USN-2124-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 73398

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-2124-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 6. Due to an upstream regression, memory was not properly zeroed under certain circumstances which could lead to instability. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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-2014-0411)

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-2013-5878, CVE-2013-5907, CVE-2014-0373, CVE-2014-0422, CVE-2014-0428)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure. An attacker could exploit these to expose sensitive data over the network.
(CVE-2013-5884, CVE-2014-0368)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-5896, CVE-2013-5910)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data integrity. (CVE-2014-0376, CVE-2014-0416)

A vulnerability was discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure and availability. An attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive data over the network or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0423)

In addition to the above, USN-2033-1 fixed several vulnerabilities and bugs in OpenJDK 6. This update introduced a regression which caused an exception condition in javax.xml when instantiating encryption algorithms. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2124-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 73398

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2124-2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-6-jre-cacao, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea-6-jre-jamvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-lib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-zero, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5878, CVE-2013-5884, CVE-2013-5896, CVE-2013-5907, CVE-2013-5910, CVE-2014-0368, CVE-2014-0373, CVE-2014-0376, CVE-2014-0411, CVE-2014-0416, CVE-2014-0422, CVE-2014-0423, CVE-2014-0428

USN: 2124-2