Monthly Archives: October 2014

Ubuntu

USN-2388-2: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2388-2

23rd October, 2014

openjdk-7 vulnerabilities

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

  • Ubuntu 14.10

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Software description

  • openjdk-7
    – Open Source Java implementation

Details

USN-2388-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenJDK 7 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This
update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.10.

Original advisory details:

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-2014-6457)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to data
integrity. (CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6512, CVE-2014-6519, CVE-2014-6527,
CVE-2014-6558)

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-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6511, CVE-2014-6517,
CVE-2014-6531)

Two 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-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6513)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
openjdk-7-jre-lib

7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
openjdk-7-jre-zero

7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm

7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
openjdk-7-jre-headless

7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1
openjdk-7-jre

7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu1

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.

This update contains known regressions in the JamVM alternative Java
Virtual Machine and a future update will correct these issues. See
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1382205 for details. We apologize for the
inconvenience.

References

CVE-2014-6457,

CVE-2014-6502,

CVE-2014-6504,

CVE-2014-6506,

CVE-2014-6511,

CVE-2014-6512,

CVE-2014-6513,

CVE-2014-6517,

CVE-2014-6519,

CVE-2014-6531,

CVE-2014-6558

Mandriva

[ MDVSA-2014:209 ] java-1.7.0-openjdk

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:209
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : java-1.7.0-openjdk
 Date    : October 24, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in
 java-1.7.0-openjdk:
 
 Multiple flaws were discovered in the Libraries, 2D, and Hotspot
 components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet
 could use these flaws to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions
 (CVE-2014-6506, CVE-2014-6531, CVE-2014-6502, CVE-2014-6511,
 CVE-2014-6504, CVE-2014-6519).
 
 It was discovered that the StAX XML parser in the JAXP component in
 OpenJDK performed expansion of external parameter entities even when
 exte
Mandriva

[ MDVSA-2014:208 ] phpmyadmin

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:208
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : phpmyadmin
 Date    : October 24, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 Updated phpmyadmin package fixes security vulnerability:
 
 In phpMyAdmin before 4.2.10.1, with a crafted database or table name
 it is possible to trigger an XSS in SQL debug output when enabled and
 in server monitor page when viewing and analysing executed queries
 (CVE-2014-8326).
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8326
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0420.html
 ___________________________________________
Mandriva

[ MDVSA-2014:207 ] ejabberd

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:207
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : ejabberd
 Date    : October 24, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 Updated ejabberd packages fix security vulnerability:
 
 A flaw was discovered in ejabberd that allows clients to connect
 with an unencrypted connection even if starttls_required is set
 (CVE-2014-8760).
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8760
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0417.html
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_6
Mandriva

[ MDVSA-2014:206 ] ctags

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:206
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : ctags
 Date    : October 24, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 Updated ctags package fixes security vulnerability:
 
 A denial of service issue was discovered in ctags 5.8. A remote
 attacker could cause excessive CPU usage and disk space consumption
 via a crafted JavaScript file by triggering an infinite loop
 (CVE-2014-7204).
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7204
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0415.html
 __________________________________________________________________
Mandriva

[ MDVSA-2014:205 ] lua

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2014:205
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package : lua
 Date    : October 24, 2014
 Affected: Business Server 1.0
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 Updated lua and lua5.1 packages fix security vulnerability:
 
 A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua handles
 varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments,
 leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code
 execution (CVE-2014-5461).
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5461
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html
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