USN-1693-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.10

Packages

• openjdk-7 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

It was discovered that OpenJDK 7's security mechanism could be bypassed via
Java applets. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, a
remote attacker could exploit this to perform arbitrary code execution as
the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10

• openjdk-7-jre-zero - 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
• icedtea-7-jre-jamvm - 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
• icedtea-7-jre-cacao - 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-lib - 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre-headless - 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
• openjdk-7-jre - 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your browser to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2012-3174
• CVE-2013-0422