Addressing OpenJDK 11 Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Security Update
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 11. Software Description: - openjdk-lts: Open Source Java implementation Details: It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 11 was not properly performing bounds when handling certain UTF-8 strings, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-21131) It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 11 could be made to run into an infinite loop. If an automated system were tricked into processing excessively large symbols, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21138) It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 11 did not properly perform range check elimination. An attacker could possibly use ...
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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openjdk-11-jdk 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~24.04.1 openjdk-11-jdk-headless 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~24.04.1 openjdk-11-jre 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~24.04.1 openjdk-11-jre-headless 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~24.04.1 openjdk-11-jre-zero 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~24.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openjdk-11-jdk 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~22.04 openjdk-11-jdk-headless 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~22.04 openjdk-11-jre 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~22.04 openjdk-11-jre-headless 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~22.04 openjdk-11-jre-zero 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~22.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openjdk-11-jdk 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~20.04 openjdk-11-jdk-headless 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~20.04 openjdk-11-jre 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~20.04 openjdk-11-jre-headless 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~20.04 openjdk-11-jre-zero 11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~20.04 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart Java applications to make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6930-1
CVE-2024-21131, CVE-2024-21138, CVE-2024-21140, CVE-2024-21144,
CVE-2024-21145, CVE-2024-21147
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-lts/11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~24.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-lts/11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~22.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-lts/11.0.24+8-1ubuntu3~20.04