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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1693-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1693-1
Posted Jan 16, 2013
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1693-1 - 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.

tags | advisory, java, remote, arbitrary, code execution
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2012-3174, CVE-2013-0422
SHA-256 | 98cc5d87b988ad88e498cd05ed97036ae569afc4af11c252ca2ba0786c4bee11

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1693-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1693-1
January 16, 2013

openjdk-7 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

OpenJDK 7 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted Java applet.

Software Description:
- 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:
icedtea-7-jre-cacao 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-headless 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-lib 7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
openjdk-7-jre-zero 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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1693-1
CVE-2012-3174, CVE-2013-0422

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u9-2.3.4-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
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