OpenJDK 21 Critical Vulnerabilities Addressed in Ubuntu Security Advisory 6932-1
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 21. Software Description: - openjdk-21: Open Source Java implementation Details: It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 21 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 21 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 21 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-21-jdk 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~24.04 openjdk-21-jdk-headless 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~24.04 openjdk-21-jre 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~24.04 openjdk-21-jre-headless 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~24.04 openjdk-21-jre-zero 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~24.04 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS openjdk-21-jdk 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~22.04 openjdk-21-jdk-headless 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~22.04 openjdk-21-jre 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~22.04 openjdk-21-jre-headless 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~22.04 openjdk-21-jre-zero 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~22.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS openjdk-21-jdk 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~20.04 openjdk-21-jdk-headless 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~20.04 openjdk-21-jre 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~20.04 openjdk-21-jre-headless 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~20.04 openjdk-21-jre-zero 21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~20.04 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java applications to make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6932-1
CVE-2024-21131, CVE-2024-21138, CVE-2024-21140, CVE-2024-21145,
CVE-2024-21147
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-21/21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~24.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-21/21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~22.04 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-21/21.0.4+7-1ubuntu2~20.04