USN-1024-1: OpenJDK vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• openjdk-6 -

Details

It was discovered that certain system property information was being
leaked, which could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~9.10.1
• icedtea6-plugin - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~9.10.1
• openjdk-6-jdk - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~9.10.1
• openjdk-6-jre - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~9.10.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~8.04.2
• icedtea6-plugin - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~8.04.2
• openjdk-6-jdk - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~8.04.2
• openjdk-6-jre - 6b18-1.8.3-0ubuntu1~8.04.2

Ubuntu 10.10

• openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1
• icedtea6-plugin - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1
• openjdk-6-jdk - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1
• openjdk-6-jre - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1

Ubuntu 10.04

• openjdk-6-jre-headless - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
• icedtea6-plugin - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
• openjdk-6-jdk - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
• openjdk-6-jre - 6b20-1.9.2-0ubuntu1~10.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart any Java services,
applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2010-3860